Weeks after being on the run for allegedly flogging his daughter to death in Warri, Delta State, 34-year-old Becklin Okoro has finally
surrendered himself to the police.
Okoro, who is being detained by the police in Asaba, allegedly killed the Kindergarten three pupil of Holy Cross Schools, Warri on January 26.
The suspect allegedly flogged the five-year-old after she visited her mother who had long separated from her father. After killing her, Okoro allegedly took her body to the Warri Central Hospital Mortuary and disappeared thereafter.
It was learnt that the suspect Mr okoro was arrested by the police when he turned himself in on Friday.
The spokesman for the police in the state, Mr Charles Muka, said “The man (Mr okoro) came here on Friday morning, saying he had come to report the matter involving the death of his daughter. He said his neighbour flogged the child to death and not himself.”
“The suspect said he dumped the child in the mortuary before he went to work
On why he did not report the matter to the police when he discovered that his neighbour had killed his daughter, the suspect allegedly said he was afraid of police trouble.
“He also begged that he should be allowed to pick up the baby’s corpse for burial,” the source added. ...
Culled from the (punchnews)
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thankGod the bastard has been captured. him too should be flogged to death if found guilty.
ReplyDeleteexactly. cos he's 10x guilty. he should be flogged to death and abandoned at the mortuary. after years, burried at the evil forest.
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