In a bid to
test the potency of his newly acquired bullet proof ‘juju’, a man, Ornguga
Adega, of Agbatse village in Kwande local government area of Benue State, shot
his only son dead  while conducting a gunshot test on the boy.

According to the First Information Report, FIR,
by the police, the suspect and father of the ten- year- old had, in August
2012, bought some charm from a native doctor with the belief that it was potent
enough to prevent the penetration of bullets into his body.

He was said to have rubbed his ‘bullet proof’
cream on the body of his son in order to verify  its efficacy and potency
in line with the instructions of the native doctor from whom he bought the
charm.

According to the FIR,  Adega fired a shot
with his single barrel gun on the right leg of his son following which the
bullet shattered the leg and also penetrated through to the left leg.

The boy was said to have bled profusely but
before his shocked and devastated father could get proper medical attention for
him, the little boy bled to death.

When the case came up at the Makurdi Chief
Magistrate Court, police prosecutor, Inspector Gabriel Egbonyi, said the
accused was arrested at the process of investigating the cause of death of the
young boy.

Egbonyi further told the court that the accused
confessed to committing the crime and also acknowledged responsibility for the
unfortunate incident which prompted further police  investigation into the
matter.

Meanwhile no plea was taken for want of
jurisdiction. However the prosecution said investigation was still in progress
in the matter and asked for another date for hearing.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Dan Ogoh, ordered that
the accused be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case to 12
September.