Teenager allegedly kill 2-year old boy, harvests organs in Cross River

A 2-year-old boy has reportedly been killed by a teenager in Ikang Town, Bakassi Local Government Area of Cross River State.

A video showing the lifeless child in a laundry shop in Ikang Town was shared online. According to CrossRiverWatch, the incident occurred on Friday, April 26, 2024, around 2 p.m.

A gruesome video displaying the deceased baby with internal organs already removed was also posted online.

Eyewitnesses stated that the suspect is a neighbor of the baby's mother. "The mother of the two-year-old boy usually drops off her son in the laundry shop where her son was murdered.

Every market day (Monday and Friday), she takes the boy to her neighbor’s laundry shop so she can go to the market for her business. But on this sad day, she came back to pick up her son but she couldn’t find him. She asked people around but no one seemed to answer her. So she went to the laundry shop, scattered the piled-up clothes only to find her son lying lifeless and with blood everywhere," an eyewitness narrated.

The distressing cries of the baby's mother, upon finding her already-dead child, alerted neighbors who rushed into the shop. "We saw a knife close to the piles of clothes. It looks like what was used to kill the child,” another witness said.

The commotion caused by the mother's cries and the knife discovered in the shop led to a widespread search for the suspect, who was apprehended while attempting to flee to an unknown location.

After hours of torture and beatings, the suspect remained silent. He was eventually handed over to the police, who assured detailed follow-up.

“The police and army came to the scene. So we have handed him over to the security agencies but we will follow up on this matter so that things like this don’t happen in our community again,” a community member stated.

The Bakassi Divisional Police Office confirmed the incident, revealing that a team of police detectives from the division had been dispatched to the scene. The suspect was arrested, and the deceased child's body was taken for police investigation.