By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Suspected ritualists have murdered a 3-year-old girl in Ningi Local Government Area of the Bauchi State, removing some of her body parts, including her eyes and vagina.
It was gathered that the girl, Asiya Zakari Ya’u, had been declared missing for two days before her mutilated body was found dumped in Ningi township.
Village sources said the girl’s parents, who were residents of Sabuwar Denawa, were informed by some Almajiri boys from a Qur’anic school in the area.
The police in Ningi were said to have received the information through one Malam Saleh, who reported the discovery of the girl’s lifeless body near a graveyard.
The spokesman of the Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the development on Saturday, 16 March, 2024 disclosing that a medical doctor at the hospital confirmed the death of the girl, after which the body was released to the parents for burial.
Wakili, who said that the result of the postmortem is being awaited to determine the exact cause of death, added that the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed, has directed a thorough investigation into the case, in order to arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
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