Home » Police arrest four people for beating 70 year old woman to death over alleged witchcraft

Police arrest four people for beating 70 year old woman to death over alleged witchcraft

by Family Center
34-year-old bricklayer allegedly beats graduate wife to death.dailyfamily.ng

The Police in Bauchi has arrested four suspects for reportedly beating a 70-year-old woman to death for alleged witchcraft in Doka Village in Bauchi.

According to Premium Times, the Police Public Relations officer, PPRO, of the Command, Kamal Mohammed, disclosed this in his office on Tuesday.

He said ‎the incident happened at the village in Bauchi Local Government Area of the state on September 5.

According to Mohammed” the suspects seized the deceased, Liyatu Michael, and another elderly woman whom they suspected of witchcraft, to a room in a house in the community ”and started beating them.”

“The report that reached the police indicated that on realising that one of the women had died, they took her lifeless body outside the room and dumped it in the backyard

“The other victim identified as Keziya, survived the beating and has been hospitalised.”

Mr. Mohammed, further explained that the police have arrested four suspects in connection with the crime while some suspects are still at large adding that the police are making effort to arrest them and bring them to justice.

He said that the police are investigating the circumstances that led to Mrs. Michael’s death while the four suspects would soon be charged to court for culpable homicide.

Premium times gathered that problem started for the two women after they allegedly confessed to being among those practising witchcraft that had “caused” many premature deaths and setbacks in the community.

The irate mob thereafter pounced on them in a bid to force them to confess more details of their alleged atrocities.

See also  Nigerian man allegedly accuses UK government for attempting to adopt son 

A resident of Doka village who pleaded anonymity said “Yelkon has been bedridden and seriously sick immediately after she gave birth and we learnt that her illness was caused by the two women who confessed to having “tied her” in the coven and said she would be sick until she dies,”

Follow us on Facebook – Dailyfamily.ng, Twitter – @DailyfamilyNG, Whatsapp +2348188889427, BBM PIN D86722A7 and Instagram @dailyfamilyng for more updates.

Related Articles

Leave a Comment