The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Tuesday paraded
five suspected ritualist who was caught in Jalingo, Taraba state
capital while trying to kill a 10-year-old boy in the bush.
The NSCDC arrested the five young men in the bush near Kona village based on intelligent information.
The spokesperson of the NSCDC in Taraba state command, Mr. Godwin
Peter while addressing journalists at the office of the command said the
men of the NSCDC acted swiftly after a security tip, leading to the
arrest of the security situation which would have resulted to jungle
justice.
Peter said the ritualist came to the area and convinced the
10-year-old boy that they needed him to go and cut the nails of their
boos few meters away.
He said when the boy followed them outside his house, the villagers
who suspected the actions of the five young men followed them behind
only to discover that their aim was to kill the boy for their ritual
purpose.
“When we got the security information that some young men suspected
to have been carrying out ritual activities in Kona village were caught
with a ten years old boy, our men moves swiftly to the village and
arrested the situation”
“We went there and the villagers insisted that the five boys have
been carrying out ritual killings and were dealing with human parts, the
villagers urged the security to scrutinize the five boys” Peter stated.
He further disclosed to journalists that the five suspects have
already confessed to the crime and they will be prosecuted according to
the laws of the land.
Peter also told our correspondent that the 10-year-old boy who the
five suspected ritualists were caught with had a deep machete cut at his
back and was rushed to the Federal Medical Center FMC Jalingo.
“they cut him with machetes and there was blood gushing out of the
wound, we, therefore, rushed him to the hospital for treatment”
When our correspondent visited the FMC, the hospital management said
the 10-years-old boy was in the Intensive Unit of the hospital and the
Doctors working on him needed time to work