By Kadiri Christopher
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A young man identified as Emmanuel Ovwarueso has recently been nabbed by the operatives of Edo State Security Network, ESSN, for allegedly beheading his daughter for money rituals in Benin City.
The young man who is popularly known and addressed as Emma One confessed the crime to the ESSN operatives who apprehended him at the Uteh area of the Upper Mission Road Extension, an area where the suspect resides with his family.
According to his wife whose name could not be gotten as at the time of press, "my husband's attitude changed recently. He kept saying I should not look at him like a poor man anymore.
"Even at his place of work, he was buying drinks for everyone as if he was celebrating. Even his coworkers were surprised at his new spending style. He even told them that his money is very near. We never knew he was having such a dangerous plan", she said.
A vigilante member who spoke on the grounds of anonymous said, "we saw him that Thursday night with a bag, walking so fast like he was rushing to catch up a flight. We stopped him, but he resisted us. We asked what was inside the bag, he said it was his food. So we searched the bag and found a human head inside.
"We interrogated him and from the way he was talking, it was obvious he was hiding something. So we took him to his house and we met his wife tied down. We untied her and asked who tied her, she said it was her husband.
"She told us that her husband tied her down with a rope before killing their daughter in her presence.
"He took us to the place where he buried the little girl's body inside his compound in a shallow grave and the body of the girl was exhumed immediately", he said.
Some residents of the Uteh community who responded to the press said "Emma one" is fond of beating his wife and kids mercilessly and regularly.
Some of his coworkers said he is heartless and loves fighting uncontrollably.
The suspect has since been handed over to the Nigeria Police, Edo State Command for further investigation.
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