The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Isaac Ezekiel and two others, for allegedly plucking the eyes of a 16-year-old boy for ritual purposes.
It was gathered that the hideous crime was committed at Jira Mountain in Yelwa, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis, on Friday morning, June 24, 2022.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, on the said day, the principal suspect, Ezekiel lured the victim into a nearby bush for a casual job on his farm.
“Ezekiel then used a cable wire to strangulate Uzairu Salisu into a coma and use a knife to remove the two eyes for a ritual purpose.
The suspect 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.
The other two suspects are: Nensok Bawa (38) of Kabwir district in Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state, and Yohana Luka (52) a.k.a Doctor Samu of Golbong Village Amper district in Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau state.
Exhibit recovered from the suspect two human eyeb@lls in a calabash, Cable wire used in perpetrating the heinous act, and a travelling bag containing some native medicine,” SP Wakil said.
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