A suspected ritualist in Bauchi State, 19 year-old Adamu AbdulRauf has said his gang removed the sex organ of a five-year-old girl under the instruction of a herbalist, who asked them to produce body parts as ingredients for money ritual.
The incident reportedly happened in Jama’are Local Council on December 30, 2020.
One of the suspects arrested by the Police, said he conspired with one Abdulkadir Haladu of Chikamidari to perpetrate the crime.
He said: “My friend, Haladu, and I took the victim to an uncompleted building, where her private part was mutilated on the instruction of one native doctor, who said he would use it to make money for us. My friend used charm to lure the girl to the uncompleted building.”
It was gathered that, in spite of the pains the girl was able to run home, which is about 30 meters away from the scene where the cruel act was meted out to her.
This led to the arrest of one of the suspects who is at present, being interrogated at the Bauchi State Police Command.
The State Governor, Bala Mohammed has promised to shoulder the surgery bill for the victim, and has demanded that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
