A Minna Chief Magistrates' Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a
55-year-old woman, Fatima Tsaraka for allegedly killing her grandson.
The accused it was alleged abducted her grandson, took him to a nearby
bush where she and two others slaughtered him, made a meal of his
flesh and drank his blood.
Tsaraka, arraigned alongside Amina Mohammed, 65, and Zhitsun Aliyu,
38, is facing a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable
homicide and cannibalism.
The accused were arraigned on Sept. 1, but the prosecutor requested an
adjournment to enable police conclude investigation.
At the resumed hearing of the case, the Magistrate, Mr Hamidu Bima,
ordered the continued detention of the accused pending legal advice
from the State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.
Bima subsequently adjourned the case to Sept. 25.
Earlier, the Prosecutor, Cpl. Moses Mbaga, had told the court that the
victim's father, Mr Mohammed Doko of Koso Village, Lavun Local
Government Area, reported the matter at `A' Division Police Station,
Bida, on Aug. 15
He said the complainant alleged that the accused abducted the boy,
took him to a nearby bush where they slaughtered him, made a meal of
his flesh and drank his blood.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 97, 221 and 218
of the penal code.
The accused, who pleaded guilty to the charges, however appealed for
leniency and blamed their act on a spell cast on them by witches.
(NAN)
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