The Borno State Police Command has arrested two Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) for allegedly beating a 72-year-old man to death at the ISS IDP camp in Ngala Local Government Area.

The suspects, identified as Modu Mohammed, 25, and Annami Modu, 32, reportedly conspired and attacked the victim, Abba Mustapha, with sticks over allegations of witchcraft.

Eyewitnesses said the suspects accused the victim of bewitching one of their wives, causing her ill health.

“The suspects claimed the man bewitched the wife of one of them, causing her ill health. They stormed his house at the camp with sticks and beat him severely,” said an eyewitness named Nhu Sabo.

Policemen at the camp intervened, rescuing the victim and rushing him to the General Hospital in Ngala, where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

The police recovered four sticks used in the attack as exhibits and immediately took the suspects into custody.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Maiduguri has commenced a full investigation into the matter, a police source told SaharaReporters.

The source added that the body of the deceased was initially deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy, but was later released to his family for burial in line with Islamic rites.

Efforts to speak with the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Nahum Daso Kenneth, were unsuccessful as he was reportedly in a conference with the state commissioner of police at the time of filing the report.

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