How man offered 3 of his family members, 5 Facebook friends for rituals in Anambra

Police detectives attached to Special Anti Robbery Squad Anambra State Command have arrested a 26-year-old man, Chukwuemeka Okafor at Ifite, Awka in Anambra State.

The suspect in his desperation to get rich by all means offered three members of his families, including his father, brother and sister.

In addition to his family members, he further downloaded five pictures of his Facebook friends, printed the pictures and offered them for the alleged ritual purposes.

Preliminary investigation further revealed that suspect obtained the sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (#100,000) from his father under false pretence that he will set up a business, unknown to the father that the money will be used to settle the “native doctor” for alleged money ritual of which the father himself is a victim.

Exhibits recovered include;
-Eight photographs of victims, including three members of his family and five Facebook friends
-Cash sum of One Hundred Thousand Naira (#100,000)

Suspect has voluntarily confessed to the offense and is assisting the Police with useful information that could aid investigation after which he would be charged to Court for prosecution.

Commissioner Of Police,
Anambra State Command, Garba Baba Umar Psc, thanked the the people of the state for their cooperation and warned the entire public to be security conscious at all time.

"One major factor for the overall success of the exercise is the support of the good people of Anambra State who were observed to be extremely cooperative with the personnel of the security agencies.

"We are indeed in an era where community policing remains the vogue and the people we are serving continue to demand for excellent service.

"I want to reiterate  my appreciation to the good people of Ndi Anambra and encourage them to be security conscious at all times and report any strange observation or suspicious movements to the security agencies promptly, please," the CP pleaded.