{"id":152388,"date":"2025-02-23T08:45:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T07:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft"},"modified":"2025-02-26T23:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T22:17:41","slug":"borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft","title":{"rendered":"Borno police makes arrests in murder of woman accused of witchcraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of practising witchcraft in Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawan, confirmed the incident on Saturday, identifying the victim as Hajara Saleh, who was killed on February 21 in the Bantine community, Biu Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects\u2014Ja\u2019o Muhammad, Idrisa Muhammad, and Ya\u2019u Muhammad\u2014aged between 20 and 30, allegedly conspired to kill Saleh, accusing her of bringing misfortune to the community.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan revealed that the woman sustained fatal injuries to her neck, legs, and hands. The crime was reported by residents of Dadinkowa Gunda ward at about 11:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival at the scene, officers discovered that the victim had already been buried according to Islamic rites by her husband, Saleh Bole, and other family members,\u201d Lawan said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the burial, investigators documented the remains and gathered crucial evidence. Two suspects were immediately arrested, while one remains at large. A manhunt has been launched to apprehend the fleeing suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the attack as \u201cbarbaric and unjustified,\u201d Lawan warned that accusations of witchcraft should not be used to justify violence or extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe police are fully committed to bringing all those responsible for this heinous crime to justice. The public must understand that the law does not permit people to take matters into their own hands,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects face charges of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and related offences. They will be prosecuted upon the conclusion of investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan urged community members to report suspicions of witchcraft or other grievances to the police rather than resorting to jungle justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of practising witchcraft in Borno State. Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawan, confirmed the incident on Saturday, identifying the victim as Hajara Saleh, who was killed on February 21 in the Bantine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[47,254,165],"class_list":["post-152388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-borno","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Borno police makes arrests in murder of woman accused of witchcraft - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of pr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Borno police makes arrests in murder of woman accused of witchcraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of pr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-23T07:45:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T22:17:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740288728.280621.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Borno police makes arrests in murder of woman accused of witchcraft\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-23T07:45:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T22:17:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740288728.280621.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Borno\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/borno-police-makes-arrests-in-murder-of-woman-accused-of-witchcraft\",\"name\":\"Borno police makes arrests in murder of woman accused of witchcraft - 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