Suspected ritual killer, Ifeanyi Dike, who was accused of killing eight-year-old, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba, has been rearrested.
Dike who was rearrested in Jos, Plateau State capital, by security operatives on Thursday, was said to have been immediately brought to Port Harcourt, Rivers State from where he escaped.
The suspect allegedly broke into the home of an unnamed resident and stabbed him in what appears to be a robbery incident.
On August 21, 2017, Ifeanyi Dike suddenly disappeared from police custody while he was under interrogation and was being prepared to be moved to where he would be detained at the state’s Criminal Investigation Department.
The suspect is a 200-level student of the University of Port-Harcourt, who was earlier arrested by the Rivers State command of the Nigeria Police for allegedly raping and killing an eight-year-old girl and cutting off some parts of her body for ritual purposes.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Nnamdi Omoni, had said that the suspect was on his way to dispose of the remains of the girl before he was arrested.
Omoni warned parents to monitor the movements of their children and be wary of those they allow to have access to them.
The father of the girl, who was part of the search and rescue team since his daughter disappeared on Friday, had identified the suspect as his cousin.
