A 33-year-old man has upon interrogation confessed to the murder of his own child for the money ritual, Delta State Police Command said on Sunday.

The suspect was nabbed on Saturday by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the command after a complaint by the child’s mother, police spokesman Bright Edafe said in a statement on Sunday.

Mr Edafe said the woman, Success Oduwa, 24, reported the matter on Saturday after her husband could not provide a satisfactory explanation on the disappearance of the boy for over 24 hours.

“Oduwa started troubling the husband as to the whereabouts of the child. The husband told her that the child is with his sister in Warri.

“On getting to Warri, Oduwa stated that she discovered that the husband was lying to her, hence her suspicion.

“She reported to the Commander, Rapid Response Squad, that she is suspecting her husband, Gabriel, to have killed their child named Godspower Gabriel (m) aged one year and eight months for ritual purposes,” the spokesman narrated.

Mr Edafe said that upon interrogation,the suspect confessed to have murdered the child at a bush in Ewabogu by Catholic Road, Benin City.

The command’s spokesman quoted the suspect to have also said that he used a hacksaw to chop off the head, buried it by a palm tree in the bush and threw away the headless body.

“I actually killed the child, because of a dream I had in which I saw a man who told me that if I kill the child and use the child’s blood to rub my head, I will become rich,” Mr Edafe quoted the suspect as saying.

He said that the suspect was still in police custody.

(NAN)