A 40 - year- old man , Likita Manu, has been arrested by the police in Niger State for allegedly killing his 100 - year -old mother , Inne Kaiyo, for alleged witchcraft.
Manu was said to have accused his aged mother of killing his daughter, Magajiya, with witchcraft .
He was said to have allegedly descended on his mother , beating her with a stick , after his daughter died .
According to the police , Manu was joined in the beating by his 80 - year -old father , Kwacha , who is also being detained .
In a chat with our correspondent , Kwacha claimed that Magajiya was the ninth person that Kaiyo had allegedly killed through her witchcraft.
He said , “ After killing my granddaughter , I could not just let her go scot - free, so I used a little dry stick to cane her on the legs while at the same time asking her why she killed her great grandchild and she just died .
“ The case of my granddaughter is a well- known issue in our area to the leaders and the people and every effort we made to free the young girl all failed . She died on the way to the hospital at 8 am , last week Thursday . ”
Asked how he knew that his mother was responsible for his daughter’ s death , Manu said , “ We got to know through Magajiya, when she was sick . She cried and begged her great grandmother , Inne Kaiyo, to release her soul . And we all begged my mother to release her but she refused. I am also aware that my mother was a witch. ”
Manu , however , said he was saddened by the loss of his mother and daughter, but said he had accepted it “ as an act of God . ”
The police command ’ s Public Relations Officer , Abigail Unaeze , confirmed the incident , adding that the matter will be charged to court soon .
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