In a bid to test the potency of his newly acquired bulletproof "juju", a man, Ornguga Adega, of Agbatse village in Kwande local government area of Benue State, shot his only son dead while conducting a gunshot test on
the boy.
The suspect, who was immediately apprehended by men of the Benue State Police Command, is currently facing trial at a Makurdi Chief Magistrate Court. According to the First Information Report (FIR) by the police, the suspect and father of the ten-year-old had in August 2012 bought some charm from a native doctor with the
belief that it was potent enough to prevent the penetration of bullets into his body. He was said to have rubbed his "bulletproof" cream on the body of his son in order to verify its efficacy and potency in line with the instructions of the native doctor from whom he bought the charm.....Continue
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