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Three suspected ritualists arrested for extracting eyes of 16-year-old boy

Abdullahi Maikano

Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested a suspected ritualist, Isaac Ezekiel, who is suspected to have extracted the eyes of a 16-year-old boy, Uzairu Salisu, of Jahun quarters in Bauchi metropolis.

The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, while parading the suspect explained that the incident occurred on Jira Mountain in Yelwa, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.

β€œOn 24th June 2022 at about 0900hrs the principal suspect Isaac Ezekiel lured one Uzairu Salisu β€˜M’ 16yr of Jahun Bauchi Metropolitan into a nearby Bush for a casual job on his farm, the Isaac Ezekiel used a cable wire to strangulate Uzairu Salisu into a coma and use a knife to remove the two eyes for a ritual purpose,” SP Wakil said in a statement.

According to the statement, findings revealed that the principal suspect, Isaac Ezekiel (32) of Rafin Zurfi quarters, Yelwa of Bauchi metropolis had in April 2022 conspired with the two other suspects to conceive the idea to commit the atrocity of getting the eyeballs of a human being.

SP Wakil identified the other two suspects as Nensok Bawa (38) of Kabwir district in Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state, and Yohana Luka (52) alias Doctor Samu of Golbong Village Amper district in Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state.

The PPRO also disclosed exhibits recovered from the principal suspect to include; two human eyeballs in a calabash, cable wire used in perpetrating the heinous act, and raveling bag containing some native medicine.

He explained that the suspect, Isaac Ezekiel, voluntarily confessed to the crime, as investigations into the incident was ongoing, after which the suspects will be charged to court.

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