The Niger State Police Command has arrested three persons for allegedly beheading a 10-year-old boy in Amale Village, Kaffi-koro District, Paiko local government area of the state for ritual.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the boy was lured by one Salleh Ibrahim who took him on his motorcycle from Amale village to meet two of his other accomplices Usman Sarki and Dantala Doma.
It was gathered that during police interrogation Usman Sarki confessed that he was contracted to bring the 10-year-old boy’s head by one Gajere who is now at large for money ritual.
It was learnt that during investigation, the boy’s head was found in Saleh’s residence and Salleh later took the police to the residence of his accomplices from where the police were taken to a place near river Erena in Shiroro local government where the decapitated body of the boy was buried in a shallow grave.
Confirming the report, the police public relations officer in the state, ASP Richard Oguche, said investigation into the matter had commenced after which the three suspects would be arraigned in a court of competent jurisdiction for prosecution.
He said the case is sensitive in nature hence the police need not rush over it.
“We want to carry out a good investigation. We want to get to the root of the matter so that at the end of it we will take them to court for proper prosecution. Like I told you, it is a capital offence that requires serious investigation,” he emphasised.
Oguche said the command has directed all police out posts within Kaffin-koro division and the DPO in Kaffin-koro to reach out to the community leaders in the area to know if there is a reported case of a missing child but “up till this moment, we have not received any report from these areas.”
He called on parents to always monitor the movement of their children so that they don’t fall into the hands of rituals.
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