3rd May, 2011
A murder suspect, Ndifreke Michael Tompson has confessed that a voice asked him to kill his sister who was sleeping in their one-room apartment in Maryland area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria.
Ndifreke, 24, a driver told P.M.NEWS yesterday that he did not have the slightest intention of killing his only surviving sister but a voice urged him and when he could no longer resist, he carried out its instruction.
He said: “On that fateful day, I arrived my home at 7, Ajose Street, Maryland, Lagos after attending a naming ceremony where I took only one bottle of beer.
A voice beyond my control ordered me to hit my sister with a plank. I obeyed the voice.
“But immediately I hit my sister twice, I did not hear the voice again. I then began to wonder what happened to me.â€
P.M.NEWS learnt that he hit his 23-year old sister twice, she was rushed to a nearby hospital in Mende, Maryland where a medical doctor confirmed her dead.
The suspect was later arrested by the police for interrogation. He was paraded yesterday at the office of the police public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos State Command.
Ndifreke who denied being mentally deranged, however, blamed the incident on spiritual attack from his Ikot Ibom Edem Village in Ini Local Government area of Akwa Ibom State, South South Nigeria, alleging that three of his siblings died through similar mysterious circumstances, some years ago.
He said the invisible voice might have emanated from a chief in his village.
Commenting on the suspect’s claim, the Lagos State Command PPRO, CSP Samuel Jinadu said the police do not believe in juju or vodoo.
Jinadu said the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos for thorough investigation at the end of which the suspect may be charged to court.
—Emmanuel Udom