By Tega Uloho
Just few weeks to the Christmas celebration, a little girl of about 11 years old, Miss Love Balogun of Egini Town in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State has been beheaded, ostensibly for ritual purposes by her cousin, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere who owned up to the crime immediately he was caught. The incident took place in the early hours of Saturday December 6, 2008. Eyewitness account stated that Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere, in his late twenties and father of two, had beckoned on his little cousin under the guise of sending her on an errand that fateful day when the girl, was playing with her friends in the neighborhood.
But when hours later, the grandmother with whom the poor girl lived in Egini, could not find her grandchild, she raised an alarm and a search for the little girl commenced immediately. Those with whom she was playing in the compound volunteered that Miss Love left with her cousin, Oyovwevotu some hours earlier. In no time, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere was found in a church with double edged knife screaming at the top of his voice "Omiriruakpore", meaning, "it has spread all over the world".
Our source added that Mr. Oyovwevotu was shouting like a man possessed with the spirit of insanity that, "what I was asked to do, I have done it. I have fulfilled my mission", he allegedly stated severally. Those who saw him in the church later discovered a black polythene bag in the altar and as soon as the bag was opened and the little girl's head discovered inside, Oyovwevotu, the alleged killer went wild, broke loose and jumped into the nearby bush. The whole town was shocked at the discovery and the Police at Ovwian Aladja Police Station were alerted immediately. The Police responded by arresting one Mr. Agbo and Mama Marie, close relations of the deceased and killer. The Community Chairman, Mr. Henry U g h w u j o h w o v w o quickly rallied the Community youths together to search for the girl's body and Mr. Oyovwevotu but the search, we gathered yielded no results.
The following day, being Sunday, Mr. Oyovwevotu was arrested by the Community youths in far away Ayagha Town in Ughelli South LGA and was quickly handed over to the Police, who immediately ordered the self confessed killer to lead a search party for the body. At about 12 noon on Sunday, the headless body of Miss Love Balogun was recovered from the bush where Oyovwevotu, according to his confession strangled her after abusing her sexually and later chopped off the head.
Back at the station, Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere confessed to killing his victim for ritual purposes as he was allegedly contracted to go for the head of anyone called "LOVE". According to the killer, "I searched everywhere for one to no avail. So, when I discovered that my cousin is called Love, I decided to go for her," he was alleged to have confessed. He gave the name of 7 people who, he alleged were accomplices to the crime, including the name of the Bishop of the church where the head was discovered. As at the time of filing this report, 3 of those who were allegedly involved, including the Bishop were already arrested. Miss Love Balogun, was the first of four children of late Mr. Vono Balogun, who died as a result of industrial accident at his place of work in 2005. The mother, we were told, decided to come and drop the 4 children with his husband's kinsmen a few months ago when things became difficult for her. Those who spoke to our correspondent believed however that Mr. Oyovwevotu Gberhere had traces of madness in him and that his confessions of notable people in the area may be a result of the spirit of insanity in him. Police investigations were still on going as at the time of filing this report.
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