Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force [NPF] has re-arrested Mr Ifeanyi Dike, the fleeing suspected ritual killer who allegedly raped and killed an 8-year-old girl in Rivers State.

The Rivers State Police Command confirmed that he is currently under secure arrests on Friday.

The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Zaki Ahmed, said that the suspect was nabbed in Jos, Plateau State. He was arrested by men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state early Friday hours. 

The seemingly unrepentant Ifeanyi Dike was arrested after he broke into the home of a citizen and stabbed him during a robbery incident. It was gathered that the Rivers Command is currently working with the Plateau State Counterpart to bring him back to Port Harcourt for prosecution.

It was gathered, however, that the Plateau Police Command might retain him until after prosecution of the current crime. After that he will then proceed to River State to face Rape and Murder charges.

Elombah.com had, on 23 August, 2017, reported how Rivers Police confirmed that the undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Dike, allegedly raped and killed an eight-year-old girl in Rivers State escaped from custody.

The man who escaped from Custody was thereafter declared wanted by Police for the death of the girl supposedly for rituals. The suspect, one Ifeanyi, had reportedly cut off the vital parts of the deceased before he was apprehended by security operatives on Saturday morning. 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.

Source: Elomba.com