Court rejects suspected ritual killer’s plea to visit psychiatrist

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Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has rejected an application by a suspected ritual killer, Ifeanyi Dike, to be granted leave to visit a psychiatric hospital for examination and probable treatment.

Dike, who was rearrested in Jos, the Plateau State capital, after escaping from police custody, is currently standing trial for the murder of an eight-year-old girl, Chikamso Nmezuwuba.

The suspect had allegedly removed some vital organs of the girl after she was killed, ostensibly for ritual purpose.

Earlier, the suspect’s counsel, Lezina Amegua, had filed an application, praying the court to grant his client time to visit a psychiatric hospital for examination and treatment.

Amegua said the application was based on the suspicion that his client might have a mental problem because he had been irrational in his statements.

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