Man Kills Mother Over Alleged Witchcraft In Adamawa

A man identified as Sadiq Idrissu, has allegedly killed his mother over witchcraft in Adamawa State.

The suspect, Idrissu, aged 30years of Boga in Gombi local government area, admitted killing his mother and did not show remorse.

He, however, sympathised with his father for marrying and staying with the deceased as his wife.

The suspect said, „I killed my mother because she appeared to me as a witch. People have been accusing her of witchcraft for about two years.  It is true because something keeps getting more frightening, especially in the night.“

The suspect was alleged to have been taking the dry gin drink „Suck and Die“ and said that his mother had been appearing to him in a dream as a witch and kept sending terrible fears and causing him sleepless nights.

He narrated that on that fateful day, he stormed their family house in the midnight and could not find his mother in the room, only his sister who was sleeping, explaining that he immediately remembered that his mother had gone out to perpetrate witchcraft.

According to him, he also entered his father‘s room but couldn‘t find her, and that while going out he sighted her and shot her 2 times which confirmed to him that she is a witch.

Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, police image maker, explained that the suspect murdered his mother over allegation of witchcraft.