Witchcraft allegation: Police arrest four over Bauchi man’s murder

By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested four suspects over the alleged murder of a 45-year-old man, Garba Abdullahi, following an accusation that he caused a woman’s illness in Gadau Local Government Area.
The command also arrested two other suspects allegedly found in possession of 69 blocks of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, bringing the number of suspects arrested in the two separate incidents to six.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the arrests followed intelligence-led operations by officers of the command.
According to Habib, Abdullahi, of Dunari village, Atahowa...