4 ARRESTED FOR BURNING A WOMAN TO DEATH IN ADAMAWA

4 ARRESTED FOR BURNING A WOMAN TO DEATH IN ADAMAWA

 No fewer than 4 young men have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly killing a woman identified as Martha Mamman.

 

The suspects including Dogara James, 34, Emma Pious, 22, Irmiya Joshua, 22 and Sini James, 22, hail from Mughule, Vi ward in Michika LGA.

The deceased and mother of 1 of the same address, who was accused of killing 6 people, was allegedly burnt to death by the suspects on the 4th December, 2022. 

Narrating the ugly incident to the NEWS PLATFORM at the police headquaters on Wednesday, the suspects admitted committing the heinous crime.

In an interview, one of the suspects, Dogara James, said that the deceased had confessed to killing 3 people at the residence of the ward head when she was summoned by the royal father.

He said that few days later, they stormed the residence of the deceased and started beating her as a result of which she confessed causing the death of another 3 people.

He explained that while beating the deceased, some young men came to the scene with petrol which it was used in burning late Martha.

Confirming the incident, the image maker of the Police Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said that the suspects are being investigated.

SP Nguroje, said that the Commissioner of Police, S. K. Akande, had directed that the suspects be charged to court after investigation and cautioned the general public to desist from taking laws into their own hands.