
A 37-year-old muslim cleric,
Isah Salaudeen was caught on Thursday night trying to slaughter a young
girl, Chiwendu Nkwocha who had gone to him for spiritual help in
Ibadan.
According to report, the victim, Nkwocha was brought to Salaudeen by her boyfriend, Bola, in January this year so that he would help in using prayers and other means to exorcise some spirits troubling her and she had been undergoing this ‘spiritual cleansing’ by being given herbs, concoctions and ‘holy water’ to cure her.
According to report, the victim, Nkwocha was brought to Salaudeen by her boyfriend, Bola, in January this year so that he would help in using prayers and other means to exorcise some spirits troubling her and she had been undergoing this ‘spiritual cleansing’ by being given herbs, concoctions and ‘holy water’ to cure her.
On that fateful day, Salaudeen had
asked the victim to lie down while he covered her face with a cloth. She
suddenly felt a sharp pain on her throat and before she knew what was
happening, the cleric reportedly attempted to hack her with a cutlass to
make his work faster when it seemed the knife was not achieving the aim
intended. She then screamed, jumped up from where she was lying and ran
out for help.
The incident was said to have been
reported by one Aafa Taiye Agulofi and Ademola Agoro who resides in the
same area with the suspect.
Salaudeen when apprehended, denied
trying to deliberately kill the lady, saying he did not know what came
over him. He said he believed he was manipulated by the spirits
troubling Nkwocha to commit the criminal act and that he came to his
senses later on.
“I am a Muslim cleric and will
never do rituals. Even I have self-discipline so much that I don’t have
girlfriend or go to prostitutes since my wife and I divorced. If I feel
like having sex, I just masturbate until I (ejaculate). Divine (Nkwocha)
used to play hard and was also staying with me; that was why I had sex
with her,” Salaudeen said.
Salaudeen, is currently being held
at the Iyaganku Division of Oyo State Police Command while Nkwocha is
said to be receiving treatment at the University College Hospital (UCH),
Ibadan.
The spokesperson for the Oyo State
police command, Olabisi Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, a Superintendent of Police,
confirmed the incident, saying that the suspect would be transferred to
the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku, Ibadan, for
further investigations.
NigerianEYE
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