Police arrest 21 persons over alleged witchcraft killings in Adamawa
The Police Command in Adamawa confirmed the arrest of 21 suspects in connection with the killing of seven persons, allegedly through witchcraft, in a village in the state.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Aliyu Adamu, at a news conference on Monday in Yola, confirmed the arrest of the suspects from Dasin Bwate, Fufore Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
He said that the arrest, and many other achievements, was a result of the cordial working relationship between the command and other sister agencies, hunters and vigilantes.
“The Command has apprehended, investigated and prosecuted about 1,146 suspects for various offences in various courts of competent jurisdictions, 426 suspects had already been convicted while 720 are now awaiting trial.
“These sacrifices yielded positive results, such as; the arrest of 21 suspects in connection with the recent killing of seven persons in Dasin Bwate. The case is under investigation, while the area is calm,” the police commissioner said.
According to him, the command was also able to dislodge and apprehend more than 400 radical armed Shilla Boys, who were terrorising people in Yola and environs, and that the suspects were charged and prosecuted accordingly.
Mr Adamu explained that the police had arrested more than 121 Kidnappers from across the state, and rescued some kidnapped Victims.
“With the enactment of the state VAPP (Violence Against Persons Prohibition) Act, the Command prosecuted over 21 for Gender-Based Violence offences across the state and rescued some rape victims.
“Also, the Command successfully cracked and apprehended some notorious highway robbers that were terrorising Numan-Gombe road, Numan – Jalingo road and Ngurore – Mayo Belwa road,” he said.
Mr Adamu said the police had during the stint operations, recovered various arms and ammunition, including 20 AK47 rifles, three G3 rifles, two pump actions and seven single barrel guns.
He listed other recovered items as 11 locally fabricated guns, 600 rounds of live ammunition, 115 cartridges and eight stolen vehicles, among others.
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