Mrs. Lucy Nmezuwuba, the mother of eight-year-old Chikamso,
who was raped and killed by Ifeanyi Dike, wants the suspect crippled to
avoid another escape.
The 24-year-old ritual killer suspect, Dike, an
undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt allegedly raped and
killed Chikamso in his house at Messiah Close, Eliozu, Obio/Akpor Local
Government Area of Rivers State, removed her vital body parts and was
arrested by local vigilance group while on his way to dispose her body.
He escaped from the custody of the State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department, SCIID, and fled to Jos.
The accused was paraded on Monday
after his re-arrest on Friday, September 8, by policemen in Barkin Ladi
Local Government Area of Plateau State, where he was arrested for
another robbery and attempted murder.
The family of the victim have demanded speedy trial and prosecution of Dike to serve as deterrent to other ritual killers.
Mrs. Nmezuwuba, specifically urged the police to cripple
Dike to avoid another escape and swift trial, while the father, Dr.
Ernest Nmezuwuba, demanded that all those involved in the killing of his
daughter be brought to book without delay.
Meanwhile, the suspect was was arraigned and remanded in
prison by a chief magistrate’s court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers
State.
He is facing a count charge of murder, a capital offence. The charge sheet read:
“That you Ifeanyichukwu Maxwell Dike, on August 18, at 8, Messiah
Close, Eliozu, Port Harcourt, in the Port Harcourt Magisterial District,
did kill one Chikamso Mezuwuba, aged 8, by administering stupefying
substance on her in order to obtain her sensory organs, which include
tongue, ear, eyes, nipple, clitoris, nose, fingers with the use of knife
and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 319 (1) of
the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. II, Laws of Rivers State of Nigeria,
1999.”
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