SATURDAY Dewakie
looks harmless and friendly. But the 43-year-old man allegedly kidnapped and
killed his "good neighbour's son. "
According to the
Federal Capital (FCT) Command of the State Security Service (SSS), Dewakie, who
is in its custody, allegedly kidnapped and killed a five-year-old boy, Sadiq
Abubakar Adamu, son of his neighbour, whom he described as "peace-loving
and friendly."
Dewakie was paraded
yesterday in Abuja with the boy's bones, a locally-made pistol and two bullets.
It was revealed that
about six months ago, in April specifically, the father of 10, sneaked into the
house of his neighbour through the ceiling, where they live at ASO 'c'
Gbagalape area, near Nyanya in Abuja and kidnapped the son for a ransom of N5
million, tied his hands and kept him in an uncompleted building, even though
the boy was unwell.
"When Abubakar
Adamu, the boy's father woke up the next morning and did not see his son, there
was pandemonium in the compound, but he was temporarily relieved when his
'good' neighbour, Dewakie, offered to help look for the child. Tension was
further assuaged when a ransom was placed on the boy, meaning he was alive and
well after all."
"Dewakie, who
all along was pretending to be a go-between of the supposed kidnappers and his
"very good neighbour, was always ready to render assistance to him and his
family."
Dewakie said he
kidnapped Sadiq because he needed to make money to pay the debts he owed
people.
Sadiq's father begged
me and gave me N100, 000 to take to the kidnappers." When I got to the
house where I kept the boy, he was not there, I discovered he had jumped out
from an open window and ran away. There was open sewage pit and it was at night
and his hands were already tied. He didn't see the pit and ran into it. I saw
him unconscious. I looked for a ladder so that I could save his life, I didn't
find one early enough. When I eventually did, I carried him in my arms and he
had already died."
"I never
intended to kill him. If somebody does that to my own child, I would never
forgive that person. But I want the father to forgive me. It was a mistake that
he died. Sadiq's father is a peaceful man," the suspect said.
According to the
Assistant Director Operations, Ibrahim Halilu: "On April 19, Dewakie, a neighbour
to Adamu Isa, the victim's father, surreptitiously entered Isa's house through
the ceiling and kidnapped the victim, while he was asleep. Thereafter, Dewakie
demanded N5million ransom from the father for the release of the kidnapped
boy."
Halilu said
investigation revealed that Dewakie killed the child in an uncompleted building
and dumped the boy in a sewage pit when the ransom was not paid.
"The suspect has
taken operatives of this service to the scene of the crime where the remains of
the kidnapped boy were recovered," he said.
Although the suspect
would be prosecuted when investigations are concluded, he was found with a
locally-made pistol, which he said was given to him when he was the Vice
Chairman of Azagbane community in Ekeremor Local Council of Bayelsa State.
According to Dewakie,
he refused to surrender the gun to the vigilance group as he was expected to in
2009 because "he is a community leader and as a community leader, you need
to protect your people".
According to him, he
came to Abuja in 2010 but had never kidnapped or killed anybody before, adding
that this was his first time
He said he started
with the son of his good neighbour and was caught when "greed" led
him to demand for additional N300, 000 after the boy had died.
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