FATHER OF 10 FROM HELL, KIDNAPPED HIS NEIGHBOR CHILD KILLED HIM WHEN HIS DEMAND IS NOT MET

Money they say is the root of all evil. But poverty, greed, and crime instinct are the fertilizer to this evil committed by people. This was the case of one Saturday Dewakei, father of 10 children, whom State Security Service has arrested  for allegedly kidnapped Abubakar Adamu, the five-year-old son of his neighbour and killed him when his demand for a N5m ransom was not met.

The SSS tendered the remains of the victim on Wednesday, which were mainly bones, including his ribs, femur, dental cavity and a locally-made pistol that was recovered from the suspect.

The SSS Deputy Director, Operations, FCT Command, Ibrahim Halilu, while parading the suspect in Abuja on Wednesday explained that  Dewakei 43, entered his neighbour’s room through the ceiling and abducted the boy while he was asleep. He added that he killed the boy in an uncompleted building and dumped his body in a water-filled soakaway when the ransom he demanded was not paid.

Halilu stated that Dewakei was apprehended by operatives when he accepted the offer of additional N300,000 , having been paid N100,000 by the father of the victim who he had already killed.

“Investigation revealed that Dewakei killed the child and dumped the body in a soak away when the ransom was not paid. He has taken operatives of this service to the scene of crime where the remains of the kidnapped boy were recovered,”Halilu said.

Dewakei said, “I did not kill him. The victim was running away and he fell into the soakaway.

“I brought him out, but he had died because his hands were tied. The boy died in my arms; the parents should please forgive me. I only kidnapped him to make small money.” said Dewakei.