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ADAMAWA: MOB KILLS 2 WOMEN OVER ALLEGED WITCHCRAFT.(PHOTO).


Adamawa: Mob Kills 2 Women over Alleged Witchcraft

June 11, 2023

A mob has reportedly killed two women in Adamawa State over alleged witchcraft.

According to the report, a police inspector and some vigilante group members were said to have hands in the killing.

The Adamawa State Police Command, which on Sunday confirmed the incident, said it had arrested 10 suspects, including the police officer and vigilante members.

A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said, “Adamawa State Police Command came across an unfortunate video which has gone viral in some sections of the media, where an Inspector of Police and some members of Vigilantes attached to Dumne Divisional Police Headquarters, were seen maltreating and assaulting three women in an unprofessional manner.

“The women were stripped naked and beaten mercilessly by the mob over the allegation of witchcraft, as a result of which two of them were brutally murdered.”

Nguroje said the suspected police officer, Ahmed Suleiman, as well as the vigilante members and all others seen in the implicating video, had been arrested on the order of the state Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola.

He said the CP immediately deployed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, who arrested the officers and all those seen maltreating and assaulting the women.

The police PRO added that the Commissioner of Police has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the incident as well as ensure speedy dispensation of justice.

 

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