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… The boy who killed my daughter wanted to harvest her organs for rituals
From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
For Mr. Ochuko Regha, a Director of Planning, Research and Statistics in the Delta State Ministry of Finance, the tears have refused to dry up. He is grieving as he recently lost his eldest daughter, Miss Oghenefejiro Success Regha, in bizarre circumstances.
Success, a final year accounting student of Ambrose Ali University (AAU), Ekpoma was alleged murdered by his boy friend in Benin City, the capital of Edo State.
‘Sugar Girl’ as the dad fondly called her, Success was 19-years-old when death came knocking. She was the eldest of three children for the Reghas.
Now, the bereaved family is in emotional turmoil. The father sobs uncontrollably as he calls for justice, alleging that the suspected killer wanted to harvest her organs for money rituals.
He claimed that the ritual plan was foiled by the presence of a neighbour, who earlier came for rescue mission, but was allegedly threatened with knife by the suspect.
Speaking in Asaba, Delta State capital, Regha appealed to the state government and security operatives to ensure that the suspect, who is now in police custody, was brought to book without delay, noting that it will be the only succour for the family at this trying times.
He lamented that they lost her at the prime of her life when she was rounding up her university education. He fought back tears as he narrated incident.
His words: “On Monday, August 21 when I got home at about 7:45pm, I was seated at the balcony. My wife brought food for me to eat and she told me that my last born, who is in Novena University, was not feeling too well.
“So, I picked up my phone and placed a video call to her. I saw her, she was joyful. I then asked her if she was fine now, she said yes and that she had finished her medications.
“Immediately after that, my wife told me that Sugar Girl too was not feeling too well and that she had cough and catarrh. I picked up my phone and called her twice but she didn’t answer. I sent a message to her through WhatsApp. The message was: Sugar Girl, how are you? This is because Sugar Girl is her pet name.
“The message didn’t deliver, neither did she pick her calls. So, I felt it was just normal way of missing calls and the rest.
“Before I slept at about after 10pm, I looked at my phone, no message, no calls. I then asked my wife, honey, when last did you speak with Fejiro? She said it was that same day which was on Monday, that she spoke to her about 11am.
“The following morning when I woke up, I put up a call to her again, the phone rang twice but she didn’t pick. I wondered what could be happening to my daughter but I went to work.
“That day was on Tuesday, the day governor inaugurated his commissioners. I was at my commissioner’s place and after sometime, I left there to see my in-law who was made a commissioner as well. From there, I went to another place.
“As I was there, at about 5pm, my co-inlaw called me. He said bros, ‘where are you?’ I told him where I was but he said I should come to the house. I asked, ‘what will I be doing at home at this time?’
“He then asked me when I will be leaving and I said 5:30pm because it was 5pm. He said, alright but he couldn’t wait, he had to drive to where I was. When he came he was trying to persuade me so that we leave.
“I then asked him why he wanted me to leave? At that point, my wife called me. She said honey, come, they said Fejiro had accident in Benin. Immediately, I rushed into my car and I drove down to my house.
“When I got home, I then asked who told her that Fejiro had accident in Benin? She said Blessing, who is my co-inlaw as well, that lives in Benin. I then put up a call to him and he said yes, it is true that she had an accident and she is in the hospital but that she is doing well.
“I then asked to know their location, they said the doctor asked them to go and buy drugs for her. I then told them that as soon as they return, they should inform me. I waited for sometime, I then called twice but they didn’t pick my calls.
“A lady, who is a friend with my wife inside the house, called the man. It was then the man revealed to her that my daughter was dead. I asked to know how it happened. At that point, I wanted to go to Benin but it was late.
“On Wednesday morning, I went to Benin, with my cousin and two others to the police station by Believers Love World (Christ Embassy). That was where they inccidented the case.
“As soon as I got there, I went straight to see the DPO. The DPO said the landlord of the house where the boy that murdered my daughter lives, came to report that somebody was murdered in his compound.
“After that, I was asked to do an entry, I did and the landlord was summoned to come over. He came and it was then he said, he was going to where he was doing his business. He received a call and he returned to the house.
“Unfortunately for him, when he got there, people had already gathered in the compound. As at the time the incident happened, according to him, my daughter came out of the house, a room and parlour self-contain with burglary at the front and back.
“She was crying for help. One of the tenants that was in the compound who heard her voice, came out to help but the burglary was padlocked, so he couldn’t help. Immediately, the boy that murdered my daughter, ran from the house; he wanted to stab the guy that came to rescue my daughter.
“So, that one then withdrew. As soon as he withdrew, he mobilised some youths and vigilante in the area. It was then, they broke into the apartment but my daughter had already bled to death.
“When I finished my report, the boy was taken to state CID in Benin. When we were at the state CID, I met with the DCP. The man asked the boy what was the issue that made him to stab the young innocent girl?
“He was talking out of point; he was repeating one word up to 10 times. He said he didn’t know what happened. The DCP asked him if he was the one that used the knife to stab her, he said yes. They asked him where he stabbed her and he said, the breast, which is the heart.
“From there, the man said they should take him to homicide department and they asked me to do my entry again, which I did and thereafter, I left for Asaba the same day. I got to Asaba few minutes to 10pm.”
Asked his next line of action, the bereaved father said: “According to my co-inlaw, who is a lawyer, they went to the boy’s place where the incident happened to carry out investigation. That was on Saturday, they are done with that.
“On Sunday, they did an autopsy on my daughter, after which we will know the necessary action that I will take. But justice must prevail, I need justice. I will ensure I get justice for my daughter.”
He revealed that the suspect’s mother was at the police station on the same day with a lawyer to secure his bail. He said: “That day, they were there at the police station but we didn’t talk. The boy’s father is late. It was only the mother that was there. When she came there, the information I got was that she came with a lawyer with the intention of taking him on bail.
“From what I saw, mere looking at the suspect, it was like he was on drugs. He killed my daughter. He wanted to use her for ritual because there was nobody in the compound apart from that person that came later when they heard my daughter shouting for help.
“His intention was to use her for ritual, nothing else. He wanted to harvest her organs but he couldn’t because of the person that came when she was crying for help.
“It is not also true that they both stabbed each other, it is a lie. It was like when the boy discovered that people were already aware that he used knife to scratch his neck. He is very healthy. Even when we were there, he was telling me, sorry sir. I said, will sorry bring back my daughter?”
