Port Harcourt serial killer: I killed 15 women in 7 states - Suspect says in fresh confession

Port Harcourt serial killer: I killed 15 women in 7 states - Suspect says in fresh confession

- Gracious David-West, suspected Port Harcourt serial killer has reportedly made new confessions

- The suspect had earlier reportedly claimed that he killed seven women in Lagos, Rivers and Imo states

- However, in his new confession released by the police, David-West reportedly confessed to killing 15 women across seven states

Suspected Port Harcourt serial killer, Gracious David-West, allegedly killed 15 women across seven states, according to a fresh revelation by Nnamdi Omoni, the police public relations officer in Rivers state.

David-West had earlier claimed that he killed seven women in Lagos, Rivers and Imo states.

The Guardian, however, reports that Omoni told newsmen on Wednesday, September 25, that David-West killed one person each in Abia, Edo, Ibadan in Oyo, Owerri in Imo, Ikeja in Lagos where the act started two months ago and nine in Port Harcourt, Rivers.

According to the police spokesman, David-West confessed to killing the 15 ladies in a similar manner at different hotels.

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Recall that David-West was arrested on his way to Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, after a photo of him taken from a CCTV in a hotel went viral on social media.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that David West claimed that he told his pastor about his criminal acts. The suspect said he was not the member of any group but acted alone.

He reportedly said his dead mother was poisoned by unknown persons.

He said: “My mother was poisoned and she died of sickness. I am the only son of my father. I don’t have anybody, I work alone, I don’t even have a house.

“I don’t know what is causing that to me, I don’t really know what moves me into doing that but after doing it I start regretting, I start crying why I did it. I even went to Lord Chosen Church close to Obigbo branch. I told the pastor that I kill girls in the hotel that if he can help me that I don’t know what is wrong with me.

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“The pastor invited me to a crusade saying that I should attend and meet the General Overseer that he would help me. I went to the crusade but there was no chance to see the General Overseer and the Pastor asked me to go that he could not help me."

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