Gbuchenge Augustine, a mobile policeman with Force number
400823 in Lagos, is on the run following a foiled attempt to allegedly use an eight-year
old girl for ritual. The girl identified as Amarachi, was found under his bed
in his one-room apartment at Olufowobi Street, Ikosi Ketu with her mouth gagged
and legs and hands tied. When she was eventually rescued by neighbours, little Amarachi had injuries
on her skull and neck. Trouble started for the policeman in the evening of
Thursday last week when the parents of the girl, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Abakwan,
who had gone out for their businesses returned and did not find their daughter,
Amarachi at home.
The girl’s father, a driver with Strands Communications
Limited, revealed that when he returned from work, he noticed that Amarachi did
not come to greet him and when he
queried his wife on her whereabouts, he was told that she was asleep.
"I demanded to see her and when they went to call her, she
was nowhere to be found. Another little child in the compound later said she
saw “Oga Olopa” (the policeman) carrying Amarachi in his arms from their room
where she was sleeping, to his room. You know, as a child, nobody took her
seriously but the child insisted that Amarachi was in the policeman’s room.
"The policeman, we gathered, had before the incident, sent
Amarachi to buy Akara (bean cake) and
recharge card at different times before she went to sleep.Mr Abakwan
said the policeman, who sat outside his room smoking, got up and pretending to
be angry, insisted that he was falsely accused.
It was gathered that the suspect used the opportunity of the
ensuing confusion, to escape from the crowd that had gathered in their residence,
and had not returned as at press time. The parents of the girl later reported
the incident at the Ketu Police Station
and investigation has commenced.
According to the girl’s father, the Police detective sent to
their home, peeped through the window of the suspect’s room and found two human
legs struggling to be freed. It was gathered that the crowd at the scene later
broke into the policeman’s room and set the girl free.
"The man had twisted her neck and used an object to break
her skull thinking that she would die in the process but God saved her. My
interest was to save my daughter first. We rushed her to Dafe Medical Hospital
where they refused to admit her,” the father narrated. The state Police
Spokesperson, Ngozi Braide said the Police have started investigation to
ascertain if the suspect is truly a policeman.
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