The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, identified as Sadiq Idrissu, for killing his mother over allegation of witchcraft.
According to the suspect, who confessed to the pity, he immediately felt pity for his father after he learnt that he had to endure his mother, an alleged witch.
NIGERIACRIME gathered that the resident of of Boga in Gombi Local Government Area of the state shot his biological mother dead on December 5, 2023.
Admitting to the police that he killed his mother, Sadiq expressed no remorse, stating, “I sympathise with my father for marrying and staying with her all this while.”
He claimed to have reasons to believe that his mother was a witch, saying, “She was a witch. She appeared to me as a witch. People have been accusing her of witchcraft for about two years. It is true because something kept frightening me, especially at night.”
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Sadiq, allegedly addicted to a dangerous chemical concoction known locally as “Suck and Die,” stated that his mother, appearing to him in a dream as a witch, caused him terrible fears and sleepless nights.
Sadiq recounted how he entered their family house at midnight of the fateful day, found only his sleeping sister, and speculated that his mother might have gone out for witchcraft. Unable to locate her in his father’s room, he encountered her while leaving the house and shot her twice.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, who confirmed Sadiq’s arrest, added that the suspect murdered his mother over an allegation of witchcraft.
Nguroje stated that the state Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola, directed the matter to be transferred to CID for discreet investigation.
The suspect would be charged to court once investigation is concluded.