How “Alfa” Allegedly paid N500 to 15-year old boy to Abduct toddler for Ritual in Lagos

One Kazeem Alimson popularly known as Alfa, is currently in police custody for allegedly giving a 15-year old boy, Simon Kanu N500 to abduct a 3-year old boy for ritual at Ijegun, Lagos State.

The victim’s mother, Chinasa Okereke alleged that the teenager, who is also a neighbour stole her son, Chiagozie.

The teenager had earlier confessed to the police that the Alfa asked him to supply a three-year-old child.

When the three-year-old was finally located by detectives from Isheri Police Station, he was already dead.

Chinasa, who broke down in tears, said that she was not only grieving for her murdered son, but also scared about strange men on motorbikes coming to threaten her and her husband, Augustine Okereke.

The woman who lives in a multi-room building, has three other children. The eldest is 10 years old, the second child is eight years old. Chiagozie was her third child. Her fourth child is just nine months old.

She explained that on the fateful day, she wanted to give three of her children a bath outside the house when the Chiagozie was abducted.

According to her account, she had  briefly stepped into the house  to get a wrapper to strap the nine-month-old to her back, but when she returned Chiagozie was nowhere to be found.

When she asked her eight-year-old daughter the whereabouts of her little brother, the girl said that Simon, the 15-year-old living in the building next door had taken him away.

“When my daughter told me that Simon took Chiagozie, I immediately rushed to his house, but his guardians said they had been looking for him too. When it was getting late, we went to the police station to report that Simon took our son and that we couldn’t find him.

Police took over the case and soon located and arrested Simon. He was taken to the station. Singing like a bird, he revealed how the Alfa came to pick him and Chiagozie with a car.

When detectives asked questions from residents of the community, they were told  that they saw the Alfa driving off with Simon and Chiagozie.

The suspect led police to the scene where the Alfa took him and Chiagozie. The corpse of Chiagozie was found laid out on the ground. A big stone was beside his head and a red cloth tied round his neck.

Asked how Chiagozie was killed, Simon said that he saw when the Alfa lifted Chiagozie mid-air and made some incantations before dropping him to the ground,” the woman recalled in tears.

According to The Guardian, Kazeem had denied the allegations saying: “I was in my house sleeping when I heard people shouting. When I came out, I saw some policemen and when I asked, I was told that they saw a dead child. I went back inside, and 30 minutes later, the police came back and arrested me. I don’t know the boy and I have never spoken to him.”

At that point, the teenager interjected and said: “You are lying. He was giving me sign with his eyes not to talk. I saw you when you were using the stone to hit him until he died.”

Reacting to the incident the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, alleged that the Alfa used the deceased for ritual.

He further said that the Alfa and Simon had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, for further investigations.

“Parents should be proactive and know the kind of people they leave their kids with. Parents and guardians shouldn’t allow the economic situation in the country to affect their vigilance and care towards their kids,” Owoseni stated.

Photo Credit: The Guardian