The allegation of involvement in ritual murder of a young girl
levelled against Ofuche Ukoha a.k.a Pastor Sign Fireman has
been debunked by none other than the alkiller's mother.
Ikechukwu's mother, Esa Egbo, is however said to have stated that her son's words should be taken with a pinch of salt as he is possessed of an evil spirit and has never even met the pastor in question.
Mrs. Egbo, who disclosed this to journalists on Thursday is
also said to have added that her son is a habitual criminal as
he had been arrested four times by the police in Badagry for
attempting to rape young girls between the ages of 10 and 15.
She said two years ago a neighbour laid a curse on her son
and after then he started acting strangely, thereby attempting
to rape little children whenever he sees them.
Ikechukwu Friday was arrested after being accused of
strangling the 12-year-old girl for ritual purposes and he is
said to have confessed that Pastor Fireman is the mastermind
of his crime.
But his mother, Mrs Egbo said she and her family are
members of Pastor Fireman's church, known as Perfect
Christianity Mission in Surulere area of Lagos, adding that her son does not know or have any access to the cleric, whom he claimed sent him to kill the girl.
According to her, "He started two years ago to molest girls in
attempt to rape them. It is not an ordinary thing. Whenever he
goes out during the day and sees a little girl he would grip and attempt to rape her and the girl would scream alerting people around, who would arrest and beat him up before handing him over to the police at Badagry Police Station.
"While these things were happening, I told our branch pastor
at Badagry about it but I didn't tell our GO.
"On this particular case, he told me that he was going to work
at a place where a building was demolished by government
opposite the French Village in Badagry.
They are actually constructing a factory at that place and he
used to help them carry bags of cement for which they paid
him some stipends at the end of the day.
"He failed to return home that day and I and his father went
out to look for him at his place of work and people around
told us that they didn't see him.
The next day we didn't see him, so by Wednesday, we
decided to go to the police station at Badagry.
"A police woman we met told us that we should go to the
SCID to look for him. I asked her what was his offence and
she refused to tell me, rather she said when I got to the SCID
that I would know what was my son's offence.
"The next day I and my husband went to the SCID and when
I saw my son he told me that there was a woman who sells
food close to where he used to work and the woman had a
daughter.
"He said on that day he was eating at the woman's shop when
he saw the girl passing and all of a sudden something came
over him and he stood up and followed the girl and gripped her so tight and the girl screamed and died after which he regained consciousness.
"My son didn't accuse the GO. I don't have the GO's phone
number and that of my son. My son didn't beg the GO for
money and even our branch pastor he has never gone to beg
for money.
Ikechukwu was the most gentle of all my children but this
demon destroyed his life."
Pastor Fireman reacts I hear Pastor Fireman has also denied
knowing the young boy who claimed he had been promised N100,000 by the preacher to do the deed.
In his words: "I don't know that boy and if anybody should
know him or his family as members of our church, it's the
Badagry branch pastor. I am the GO of my church. You can
imagine how possible it would be for an 18-year-old boy from
a distant branch to have easy access to me talk alone
contracting him to kill someone on my behalf."
Hope this case will get to a logical conclusion and if true, the
boy should be delivered before he kills more.
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