A 35-year-old guy, Mohammed Sani, has been arrested through the Niger State Police Command for allegedly killing an aged girl and significantly injuring some other after he was once allegedly employed to assault 3 ladies accused of witchcraft.
The police mentioned Sani, a local of Kebbi State, was once invited through 3 males in Kokolo Village, Auna District, to hold out the assaults in line with allegations that the ladies had been witches.
In keeping with the Niger State Police Command spokesperson, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the incident befell on October 3, 2026, when Sani allegedly trespassed into the place of dwelling of a neighborhood member and killed 65-year-old Tani Nuhu.
He mentioned detectives from Nasko Department had been deployed to the neighborhood following a document that Sani had entered the place of dwelling and attacked the girl.
Sani was once therefore arrested along Isa Lamaran, 65, and Abdullahi Hamidu, either one of Kokolo Village.
All through interrogation, Abiodun defined that Sani allegedly confessed that Lamaran, Hamidu and some other suspect, Rufa’i Gado, who’s recently at massive, had employed him to kill 3 aged ladies they accused of being witches.
The suspect allegedly instructed investigators that Lamaran supplied him with a hoe to hold out the assault, whilst Hamidu promised him two plots of land and his daughter’s hand in marriage if he succeeded.
The police disclosed that Sani allegedly killed Tani however grievously injured some other of the centered ladies prior to he was once arrested.
Rufa’i Gado continues to be being sought through the police.
The 3 suspects are being held on the State Prison Investigation Division (SCID), Minna, as investigations proceed.
The police mentioned they might be charged with legal conspiracy, culpable murder and inflicting grievous harm after the investigation is concluded and different accomplices were arrested.