From Umar Dankano,Yola
The Adamawa state police command has arrested a 30 year old man, Sadiq Idrissu of Boga village in Gombi local government area for murdering his mother over allegation of witchcraft.
Spokesman of the Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje disclosed the development to the media in Yola yesterday, explaining that the suspect murdered his biological mother over allegation of witchcraft.
SP Nguroje said that the suspect was apprehended following a tip off by the police operatives, adding that, the Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, has directed the matter to be transferred to CID for discreet investigation for prosecution.
While being interrogated,Idrissu confessed to the crime stressing that he shot and killed his mother intentionally due to alleged witchcraft
He was established to have shot her dead on the 5th December, 2023, leaving her lifeless in the village.
Admitting further,Idrissu said he does not regret killing her; instead, he sympathised with his father for marrying and staying with her for all this while despite her alleged atrocities against humanity through the witchcraft.
“I killed my mother because she appeared to me as a witch. People have been accusing her of witchcraft for about 2 years ago. It is true because something kept frightening me more especially in the night”, he stated.
The suspect, who drinks intoxicant or chemicals known as “suck and die” said his mother had been appearing to him in a dream as a witch and kept sending terrible fears which according to him, have been causing him sleepless nights.
He stated that on that fateful day, he returned home at the wee hours of the night with the intention to confront the deceased over the alleged witchcraft but couldn’t find her in the bed room, but in his sister who was sleeping.
As suspicious as he was,he moved immediately to his father’s abode where she wasn’t there too then his instinct told him that, his mother had gone out to perpetrate witchcraft.
