Suspected ritualists have murdered and removed some body parts of a 3-year old girl in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Reports said that the mutilated body of the girl was discovered late Thursday evening without her two eyes which had been removed as well as the vagina within Ningi township.
According to the reports, she was declared missing by her parents and after two days, her mutilated body was found dumped along a path in Ningi.
The source said that her parents, who are residents of Sabuwar Denawa in Ningi township got the news of the recovery of the dead body of their daughter through some Almajiri boys in the area.
The matter was then reported to the Police authorities in Ningi, who immediately went to the scene, evacuated the mutilated body of Asiya to the General Hospital, Ningi for medical examination and confirmation where a medical doctor confirmed her dead.
As of the time of filling this report on Saturday, no arrest has been made while efforts are on to trace the culprits in order to bring them to book.
Meanwhile, the mutilated body of Asiya has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
Meanwhile, Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the brutal killing of a 3-year old girl in Ningi LGA of Bauchi State for suspected ritual purposes.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, stated this in a telephone conversation with journalists on Saturday,
According to him, the Police in Ningi received a report from one Malam Saleh of a lifeless body of small girl around the graveyard in Ningi adding that the DPO led his Men to the scene and evacuated the body to Ningi General Hospital.
The PPRO added that a Medical Doctor at the hospital confirmed the death of the girl after which the body was released to the parents while result of the postmortem is being awaited to determine the exact cause of death.
He however denied removal of any of her body parts saying, “medical reports has it that her body parts are intact. But because the body has started decomposing, some of the parts too must have decomposed.”
Wakil added that the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed has directed for thorough investigation of the issue in order to arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act and bring them to justice.
He added that the development is a pathetic one coming in the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims are engaged in fasting for mercy of Allah but a few bad eggs are using it for committing crime.