{"id":155395,"date":"2025-03-16T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor"},"modified":"2025-03-31T18:27:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T17:27:40","slug":"adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor","title":{"rendered":"Adamawa Police arrest two suspected ritualists for killing, beheading minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Adamawa State Police Command says its personnel has arrested two persons for killing and beheading a minor for supposed rituals<\/p>\n<p>SP. Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Police Command in a statement said the police operatives attached to the Divisional Headquarters, Jada, arrested the two suspects for the murder of a 10-year-old boy in Jada Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn 16th March, 2025, following credible information, police operatives arrested one Ibrahim Abdul Malik, 27 years old, and Aliyu Abdul Malik, 18 years old, both residents of Anguwan Sarkin Yamma, Jada, who were alleged to have killed and beheaded a 10-year-old Almajiri, identified as Abdalla Lawali, of Anguwar Dubai, Jada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the victim was reported missing on 7th March 2025. Since then, a search has been ongoing to trace the missing child.<\/p>\n<p>Upon receiving information on the suspects\u2019 involvement. The Commissioner of police CP Dankombo Morris, deployed security to the scene, where the decomposed body of the deceased was recovered in a sack bag.<\/p>\n<p>It said the search warrant was further executed at the suspects\u2019 residence where the head was buried in a shallow grave within the house premises.<\/p>\n<p>During investigation, the suspects confessed to committing the crime, regreting their action and blaming the devil.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, condemned the barbaric behavior and directed the case to be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The CP assured the general public that justice will be served and called on parents and guardians to be vigilant and report any suspicious movements around their neighborhood to the police.<\/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 Adamawa State Police Command says its personnel has arrested two persons for killing and beheading a minor for supposed rituals SP. Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer, Adamawa Police Command in a statement said the police operatives attached to the Divisional Headquarters, Jada, arrested the two suspects for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1092,254,165],"class_list":["post-155395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-adamawa","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>Adamawa Police arrest two suspected ritualists for killing, beheading minor - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Adamawa State Police Command says its personnel has arrested two persons for killing and beheading a minor for suppo ...\" \/>\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\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Adamawa Police arrest two suspected ritualists for killing, beheading minor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Adamawa State Police Command says its personnel has arrested two persons for killing and beheading a minor for suppo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-16T21:06:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-31T17:27:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150390.792444.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Adamawa Police arrest two suspected ritualists for killing, beheading minor\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-16T21:06:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-31T17:27:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor\"},\"wordCount\":287,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1742150390.792444.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adamawa\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/adamawa-police-arrest-two-suspected-ritualists-for-killing-beheading-minor\",\"name\":\"Adamawa Police arrest two suspected ritualists for killing, beheading minor - 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