Police parades man who used 3 month old son for rituals

The Plateau State Police Command had on Thursday paraded a middle aged man, Polycarp Dajan who killed his three months old son for rituals in Bokkos Local Government Area of the State.

The Command had assured the citizenry that the Police will not give room to ritual activities in
the State.

The suspects were paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe at the command’s headquarters in Jos. The Commissioner said the
police were out to frustrate the antics of criminals in the State.

According to him, “On 8 september, at about 100hrs, a case of culpable homicide was reported at Bokkos police station where Polycarp Dajan,

aged 20 suffocated his three months old baby boy to death. The suspect who confessed to the crime stated that he needed money at all cost which made him to pay visit to a native doctor who advised him to get the tongue of his first son.

Adding that, “This prompted him to kill the son and in the process was arrested. The Native Doctor is at large, though effort is being intensified to track him.


Mr. Dajan who spoke to Dailypost, confessed to the crime and said he was lure into it by a native Doctor who promised him quick money, if he supplied the tongue of his first child.

Also arrested were a group of syndicates led by a woman who snatched a Keke Napep and inflicted injuries on the rider in Jos when they posed as passengers.

He maintained that, “On 18th, July, 2013, at about 2300hrs, a four man gang led by Mark Elisha, aged 31, attacked the residence of one Sunday Damuas of Angwan Meryang village in Shendam LGA.

The victim was robbed of the Sum of N119, 000, Digital Camera, DSTV decoder, DVD and two Techno handset. The leader of the armed robbery gang, Nanmak Elisha raped the wife of the victim in the process. They were arrested by the police while trying to dispose the DSTV decoder”.

The Police Boss further stated that, a car that was snatched in Jos was also recovered in Republic of Benin due to the effort of the search team of the Plateau State Police command.

Olakpe lamented on how car snatchers are arrested and release on bail by the Judiciary, saying that car theft should be treated as a serious offence and the perpetrators be made to face the wrath of the law.

He appreciated the synergy between the Special Task Force responsible for the maintenance of peace in the State and other security agencies who are working round the clock to make the State crime free.

Dailypost