Four elderly men were on Tuesday, remanded in prison custody in Yola, Adamawa State for allegedly killing and setting on fire the corpse of a 57 year old man accused of witchraft.
Ezekiel Kumtha, 62, Awo Mesa, 42, Ishaku Sanda, 58 and Oga Dapila, 55, were remanded in prison custody after they were arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court I in Yola.
The Hon. Court presided by Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Muhammed Digil, ordered the remand of the Defendants after they pleaded not guilty to the 2 count offences.
According to the prosecution, the offences, criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide, contravened sections 60 and 192 of the State Penal Code Law, 2018.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Zakka Musa, informed the Court that the ugly incident occured on the 15th May, 2022 at Dumna Dutse in Guyuk Local Government Area in the State.
Inspector Zakka, alleged in the First Information Report laid in Court that the Defendants criminally conspired and attacked the Deceased, Benson Timothy, on that fateful day.
He stated that the Defendants of the same address beat Late Benson, with sticks and threw stones at him and other dangerous weapons which led to his untimely demise.
The FIR added that the Defendants beat the Deceased at the residence of one of the Defendants, Ishaku Sanda, and subsequently set the corpse ablaze.
A reliable source informed NEWS PLATFORM that the Deceased had had a misunderstanding wth a man at a beer palour after both of them got drunk and accused each other of witchraft.
Late Benson, was said to have accused the man of being a witch who had killed prominent people in Dumna. On his part, the Man alleged that it was the Deceased who was terrorising and killing little children.
Since then, the Community suspected/believed that it was the Deceased who was responsible for the mysterious deaths of the children as a result of which they started targeting him.
After the plea of the Defendants, the Prosecutor, Inspector Zakka Musa, prayed the Court to adjourn the matter to enable police complete investigation, duplicate case file and send same to DPP for legal advice.
The Court granted the application and adjourned the matter to the 5th July, 2022, while ordering the remand of the Defendants at Yola Correctional centre.
No comments:
Post a Comment