The suspect was said to have slaughtered his son, Sunday Folorunso, on December 31 at about 11:55 p.m. and hurriedly buried the corpse in his compound.
Residents who saw him performing the ritual reported him to the police.
While parading the suspect before the media in Lokoja on Friday, the state’s Police Commissioner, Alhaji Mohammed Musa Katsina, said that on the 31st of December when Nigerians were expecting the New Year with joy and happiness, a herbalist at Egbe was busy perfecting plans to kill his own son for rituals.
According to him, on the fateful day around 11:55 p.m., the suspect quietly took his son, who was deep in sleep, and murdered him in a gruesome manner. He then dug a shallow grave in his compound and hurriedly buried the corpse after allegedly removing some parts of the body.
Some of the parts allegedly removed included the brain, the intestines, among others.
Alhaji Katsina said that his men laid ambush and arrested Folorunso, following a tip-off, and that after thorough investigations, he was brought to the headquarters in Lokoja for further interrogation.
The commissioner said the man had led the police to where he buried the remains of his son in his own compound.
According to him, a renowned pathologist in the state was performing an autopsy on the corpse, and that as soon as the result of the test was ready, the suspect would be taken to court for prosecution.
Speaking on the development, the Liaison Officer 1 of Yagba West Local Government Area, Mr. Tunji Aro, said that such a thing had never happened before in the history of the area.
Aro assured newsmen and the community that adequate security measures would be put in place to forestall a recurrence. He, however, called on residents of the area to be vigilant and report any strange face or unpleasant behaviour to security agents for quick action.
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