Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Mr. Emmanuel Ishaya of Ushata village in Nasarawa Local Government Area for allegedly killing Isaac Joshua, his friend’s seven-year-old son, for ritual.

DSP Idrissu Kennedy, the Command’s spokesman, who disclosed this yesterday in Lafia, said the suspect was arrested following a report to the police by Joshua Ebini, father of the late boy, on October 10.

He said that information from the suspect led to the arrest of three other suspects, while a fourth accomplice to the alleged crime was still at large.

Kennedy said the suspects, during interrogation, confessed to the crime with each of them narrating his level of involvement.

According to the spokesman, the prime suspect, Ishaya, confessed to have lured the boy away from the father’s house on a motorbike to a forest and killed him with a stick.

Ishaya confessed that he removed the seven-year-old boy’s genitals and right buttock as requested by his collaborators.

The spokesman said investigation revealed that the whole idea was muted by Aderogba Tunde.

According to him, Tunde made another suspect, Isah Ogah, to believe that his aged father in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had the power to make money through ritual if they could provide some human parts.

“Isah claimed not to be interested in taking human life in order to make money, but contacted Yohanna Ibaku, who brought Emmanuel Ishaya, the prime suspect, into the deal,” Idrissu said.

He said the remains of the deceased were recovered from where they were dumped and buried by the family.

Kennedy said that the police was on the trail of the other suspects and that all the suspects would be prosecuted as soon as investigations were concluded on the matter.