Man Who Beheaded One-year-old Son Opens Up On Dream Which Led To His Action

A 33-year-old suspected ritualist, Volt Blessing Gabriel, who was apprehended by the Delta State Police for allegedly beheading his one-year-old son, has revealed the reason for his actions.

The spokesperson of the state’s police command, Bright Edafe released a statement on Sunday, June 26, stating that on June 25 at about 10.30am, the baby’s mother Mrs Success Oduwa, 24, of Peanuts junction, Obeh in Edo State, discovered that she has not seen their child since the morning of June 24, and started troubling the husband as to the whereabouts of the child.

He told her that the child was in Warri with his sister. However when she got to Warri the boy was nowhere to be found.

The statement reads: “The husband told her that the child is with his sister in Warri. On getting to Warri, she stated that she discovered the husband was lying to her, hence her suspicion. She reported to the Commander, Quick Response Squad, that she is suspecting her husband named, Volt Blessing Gabriel (m) age 33yrs of same address, to have killed their child named Godspower Gabriel (m) aged one year and eight months for ritual purposes.

“The Commander RRS detailed operatives who swung into action, arrested the husband and handed him over to the DPO ‘A’ Division Warri for further investigation.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to have murdered the said child at Ewabogun bush by catholic road, Benin city using hand saw to cut off the head and buried it by a palm tree in the bush and threw away the headless body of the child.’’

When asked why he carried out such an action he explained that he had a dream where a man told him to murder his child and use the child’s blood to rub his head so he could get rich.