The Plateau State Police Command has arrested five persons in connection with the death of an 11-year old girl. They were said to have been arrested in the Filin Sukwa area of Jos North Local Government Area.
The girl, identified as Ummu Salma, was allegedly killed by the men, who removed some parts of her body ostensibly for ritual purposes.
Our correspondent gathered that the young girl was sent by her grandmother to buy a local snack, called masa. But when she did not return after a while, a search party was set up to look for her.
An eyewitness, Alhaji Abubakar Tanko, said, “The grandmother told us that she had sent the girl to buy masa for their breakfast.
“We visited the place where she went to buy the masa and it was confirmed that she had left. We were told that she returned to buy the same food for another person, identified as Auwalu Ajanguwa.”
Tanko said that Ajanguwa, upon interrogation, claimed to have seen one Nafiu, going up the hill with the girl, but after frantic search around the hills, the girl and Nafiu were not found. The mutilated body of Ummu was discovered the next day with her eyes and tongue removed.
Alhaji Habibu Nakande, who was one of those who found the girl’s lifeless body said, “We found her in one of the uncompleted buildings in the area, after arresting Nafiu.”
Tanko, who said Ajanguwa’s arrest led to the arrest of Nafiu, Rabiu alias Rabson and one other person said they were taken to the Nasarawa Police station in Jos.
The suspects were said to have claimed that they were paid N300,000 to supply human parts by one Alhaji Aminu, a shoe seller in Jos, who had been arrested.
Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Felicia Anselm, confirmed the incident.
She said, “Investigation is going on.”
The girl, identified as Ummu Salma, was allegedly killed by the men, who removed some parts of her body ostensibly for ritual purposes.
Our correspondent gathered that the young girl was sent by her grandmother to buy a local snack, called masa. But when she did not return after a while, a search party was set up to look for her.
An eyewitness, Alhaji Abubakar Tanko, said, “The grandmother told us that she had sent the girl to buy masa for their breakfast.
“We visited the place where she went to buy the masa and it was confirmed that she had left. We were told that she returned to buy the same food for another person, identified as Auwalu Ajanguwa.”
Tanko said that Ajanguwa, upon interrogation, claimed to have seen one Nafiu, going up the hill with the girl, but after frantic search around the hills, the girl and Nafiu were not found. The mutilated body of Ummu was discovered the next day with her eyes and tongue removed.
Alhaji Habibu Nakande, who was one of those who found the girl’s lifeless body said, “We found her in one of the uncompleted buildings in the area, after arresting Nafiu.”
Tanko, who said Ajanguwa’s arrest led to the arrest of Nafiu, Rabiu alias Rabson and one other person said they were taken to the Nasarawa Police station in Jos.
The suspects were said to have claimed that they were paid N300,000 to supply human parts by one Alhaji Aminu, a shoe seller in Jos, who had been arrested.
Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Felicia Anselm, confirmed the incident.
She said, “Investigation is going on.”
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