Acting Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, CP Shettima Muhammad, had on Monday 4th December 2023 confirmed the arrest of two persons for allegedly killing a cousin suspected to have been involved in the act of witchcraft.
The police boss paraded the suspects alongside 16 others. He said the police got the information on November 30th that the deceased, Mohammed Sani, was tied and locked away in his room where he died of starvation.
“Based on credible information that one Mohammed Sani of Agyaragu Tofa was tied on both hands and legs and locked up in a room where he starved to death and was hurriedly buried by his family members on the allegation of witchcraft, police operatives attached to A Division, Lafia, swung into action and got Hassan Ismail and Mohammed Sani arrested. Efforts are ongoing to arrest all individuals involved in the dastardly act,”. Shettima revealed further.
The police CP stated that two suspects already arrested denied been involved in the act, claiming that they only took part in the burial after discovering the decomposed body of Sani in his room. He added that the family swiftly buried the remains of Sani to avoid been suspected for committing the crime.
