Police arrest 3 cannibals in Niger state

A 55-year-old grandmother, Fatima Saraka Mohammed, has been arrested by the police for allegedly conspiring with two others to slaughter her nine-year-old grandson and ate the flesh and drank the blood to satisfy the members of her witch craft group. The old woman from was said to have been arrested in Doso village in Lavun local government area of Niger state and had been moved to the Anti-Homicide Squad at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Niger state Police Command. It was gathered that the suspect abducted her nine-year-old grandson, Mohammed Doko Mohammed, for several days before slaughtering him. It was learnt that Fatima was aided in slaughtering her grandson by Zhitsu Aliyu, 38, and 65- year-old Amina Wusa Mohammed, who are now in custody of men of the SCID as her conspirators in the crime. The suspects were said to have told the police that after slaughtering the nine-year-old boy they collectively shared his flesh among them and drank his blood to satisfy their ‘witch spirit.’ It was learnt that the three suspects had repeatedly told police that they regretted their action and blamed it on the spirit that pushed them. When contacted the Police Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Abiodun Gambari, confirmed the incident, saying that investigation was still on and that the culprits would be arraigned in court.