Missing 4-year-old boy who was declared missing a few days ago, has been found inside a manhole with his genitals, tongue and eyes removed. His lifeless body was found at the Jabi area of Abuja, Daily Trust reports.
Family sources said the missing 4-year-old boy was declared missing on Friday, March 3, at Filin Ball, Jabi Daki Biyu, and his corpse was discovered three days after, Daily
A witness, Joel Joseph said, “When we saw his body inside the manhole, his grandmother attempted to jump inside but I took hold of her and pushed her away. I jumped inside the pit where I found the body already rotten. His tongue, anus and genitals were chopped off while his eyes were also plucked out.
“It’s apparent that his killers are rituals and they might have dumped him inside the pit in the night.’’
The victim, who was described by his mother, Precious Ishaya, as “smart” was a nursery one pupil and was the only child of the family.
The mother said, “On that fateful Friday, Eleazar was about to be bathed. He took a N10 note to buy sweets from a neighbourhood shop and went missing.
She said, “I am not disturbed by his death, rather how horribly he was tortured to death. I rest my case to God. I don’t know the perpetrators because I am not a spiritual-eyed being. The boy’s blood can infiltrate his heartless killer(s) because he is innocent. They should consider themselves as dead already.
No immediate response from the FCT Police Command on the incident.