The
last is yet to be heard of the serial killing of young women in hotels in
Rivers state, following the latest confession allegedly made by the prime
suspect, Gracious David-West confessed to killing a total of 15 women across
seven states of the federation.
Spokesman
of the state Police command, Nnamdi Omoni, Deputy Superintendent of
Police(DSP), who confirmed this to The
Nation via a telephone interview Wednesday said the cultist of the
Dey-gbam fraternity said he killed one person each in Abia, Edo, Ibadan in Oyo,
Owerri in Imo, Ikeja in Lagos state where the act started few months ago and
nine in Rivers state.
It
would be recalled that over 10 young women were allegedly killed in different
hotels in Rivers state in the past two months.
The
number escalated last week, when at least five were killed within three days, a
situation that caused grave panic in the state, leading to series of protest by
women groups and some Civil Society groups.
The
protesters urged security agencies in state especially the Department of
Security Services (DSS) and the police to do everything within their powers to
fish out the person(s) or even group behind the dastardly act and that the
judiciary must ensure justice is done when arrested, even as they seriously
demanded for the enactment of very stiff laws against such unprovoked killings
in the stat.
The
protesters also demanded that hotels and entertainment outfits in the state
installs security gadgets in their business premises, reception, especially the
Close Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) to document all guests to the hotel,
David-West
was apprehended while trying to escape the intense heat his actions was
generating in the state.
He
was on his way to Uyo, Akwa Ibom state apparently to continue in the evil act,
but a viral CCTV video of his last attack got on his way, making his arrest
easy.
He
confessed to the crime and said he had already killed seven women before he was
apprehended.
While
the World is still pondering over that, more facts emerged Wednesday that the
suspect who hails from Buguma in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state
has further confessed that the actual number of women he killed was 15, and in
seven states, and nine in his home state alone.
David-West,
an alleged repentant cultist (Dey-gbam confraternity), told newsmen that he
takes joy in strangling young women in hotels whenever the urge to kill comes.
He
claimed that he did not cut his victim’s vital parts.
- The Nation
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