A father allowed stupidity to becloud his senses recently, and the result was fatal. Mr Ornguga Adega, of Agbatse village in Kwande local government area of Benue State, shot his only son dead in a bid to test the potency of his newly acquired bullet proof ‘juju’ on the boy.
Olufamous.com gathered that the father, who was immediately apprehended by men of the Benue State Police Command, is currently facing trial at a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court.
According to the First Information Report by the police, the suspect and father of the ten-year-old had, in August 2012, bought some charm from a native doctor with the belief that it was potent enough to prevent the penetration of bullets into his body.
He was said to have rubbed his ‘bullet proof’ cream on the body of his son in order to verify its efficacy and potency in line with the instructions of the native doctor from whom he bought the charm.
According to the FIR, Adega fired a shot with his single barrel gun on the right leg of his son following which the bullet shattered the leg and also penetrated through to the left leg.
The boy was said to have bled profusely but before his shocked and devastated father could get proper medical attention for him, the little boy bled to death.
When the case came up at the Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court, police prosecutor, Inspector Gabriel Egbonyi, said the accused was arrested at the process of investigating the cause of death of the young boy.
Egbonyi further told the court that the accused confessed to committing the crime and also acknowledged responsibility for the unfortunate incident which prompted further police investigation into the matter.He was said to have rubbed his ‘bullet proof’ cream on the body of his son in order to verify its efficacy and potency in line with the instructions of the native doctor from whom he bought the charm.
According to the FIR, Adega fired a shot with his single barrel gun on the right leg of his son following which the bullet shattered the leg and also penetrated through to the left leg.
The boy was said to have bled profusely but before his shocked and devastated father could get proper medical attention for him, the little boy bled to death.
When the case came up at the Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court, police prosecutor, Inspector Gabriel Egbonyi, said the accused was arrested at the process of investigating the cause of death of the young boy.
Meanwhile no plea was taken for want of jurisdiction. The prosecution said investigation is still in progress in the matter and thus asked for another date for hearing.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Dan Ogoh, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case to 12 September.
No need for court, dey should test some Boko Haram bombs on him too... Ameh
ReplyDeleteD papa dey craze to use him pickin for gun shot experiment. ODOGWU
ReplyDelete"How does the man acquire gun?" should be the first question to save lives of million Nigerians, who grant him licence?. If such measures are not properly addressed there would be problems. May be same method Bokos use to acquire arms. - MBM
ReplyDeleteIgnorant is still a very big disease here.
ReplyDeletewhy didnt he test it on a goat or sumthing else?
ReplyDeletethe boy father is the most stupid man i have ever heard of in life. Na full nama be the man biggeorge from benin city
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