Deadly Bauchi man Umar sets girl on fire, accusing her of being a witch

By Ahmed Kaigama

A 30-year-old fashioned man, Hamza Umar, has been arrested by the police in Bauchi Impart after he poured kerosene on a girl and put of dwelling her ablaze on the allegation that she was a witch.

That is contained in an announcement issued by the Police Public Kin Officer in Bauchi, SP Ahmed Wakil.

The police stated the suspect committed the crime when the sufferer entered his house in Rafin Albasa space of Bauchi metropolis, claiming that she was despatched by her older sister to kill the suspect.

”The suspect stated that he tried to create the girl poke away his house nonetheless he stated that she insisted that she must bury some charms in the nook of the dwelling.

“The suspect grew to alter into enraged and poured kerosene on her and put of dwelling her ablaze in his compound, claiming she was a witch,” Wakil stated.

He explained that on receiving the info, a team of detectives rushed to the scene and evacuated the sufferer to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College Teaching Sanatorium (ATBUTH), Bauchi for rapid scientific attention.

“A discreet Investigation has been instituted to resolve the right cases that resulted in the order of affairs. The suspect will be charged to court for the established offence upon completion of the investigation,” he stated.

Wakil warned that no one has the ethical to take care of a human being in this kind of barbaric manner.

In one more type, he stated the operatives arrested suspects for criminal conspiracy and automotive theft.

A team of police detectives connected to ‘C’ Divisional Police Headquarters in Bauchi, he stated, arrested one Yusuf Muhammed,34, and recovered a vehicle with reg no. AP-675-BAU ‘Pontiac Vibe’ murky with chassis no. 5428XL62884242598 rate N1.5million.

Wakil stated that the suspect voluntarily confessed to the crime and also mentioned one Mohammed Auwal, at graceful as his confederate.