Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old man, Okpegboro Avwerosuo, who allegedly killed his roommate, dismembered the body and sold the vital organs to a pastor for ritual purposes.
The incident
happened at Mile 2 Sagbama Town, Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State
over the weekend.
The suspect,
who hails from Ughelli North, Delta State, had invited the deceased to come to
Sagbama to join the motorcycling business and assured him that the business is
flourishing because of the Isaac Jasper Adaka Boro College of Education
(IJBCOE) sited in the area.
According to
a neighbour, who spoke to Nigerian Tribune, when the deceased arrived in the
town, he hadn’t stayed for more than two weeks when Okpegboro struck him with a
mortar pestle in the middle of the night, crushing his skull and killing him in
the process.
"After
killing him, he dismembered the body, preserved the vital organs and put the
other parts in separate sacks which he disposed of in the early hours of the
following day. While he was disposing of the sacks, another neighbour who saw
him and suspected his movements confronted him later in the afternoon about the
whereabouts of his roommate," the neighbour narrated.
"The
suspect claimed that the deceased has travelled back to Delta State for an
urgent business. Not satisfied with his response, the neighbour forced his way
into the room and saw bloodstains everywhere. The neighbour held him down and
alerted the local vigilante which eventually called the police in to arrest the
suspect.
"Upon
interrogation, before he was handed over to the police, the suspect confessed
that he had sold the vital organs of his friend to a pastor in Port Harcourt
who is currently at large for ritual purposes.”
Spokesperson
of the State Police Command, SP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident
said:
“The suspect
one Okpegboro Avwerosuo ‘M’ Age 34 Years from Ughelli North, Delta State. He is
detained at SCID for further investigation. The name of the victim is yet
unknow."
The Chairman
of SALGA, Hon. Embeleakpo P. Alale on Tuesday, May 25, visited a murder scene
at Sagbama. He was accompanied by The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Sagbama,
CSP Numoupeide Ben, the Paramount Ruler of Sagbama HRH Moses Ojo Magbisa and a
Chief of Tungbabiri Community Pereagbe P. Pereagbe.
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