Afrigather Two folks had been reportedly mobbed to dying by irate youths at Mbaaku Mbasombo in Gwer East Native Authorities Space of Benue State over the alleged killing of individuals by way of witchcraft.
The mobbed victims had been Kwaghange Ugbu and Atuur Shaaja. They had been reportedly dragged with a rope across the village and subsequently crushed to dying.
The incident, in keeping with locals, who didn’t need to be talked about, occurred on Friday, September 28, 2022.
He defined that what triggered the accusation was the sudden dying of one David Nongobo, a local of Mbaaku Mbasombo, who slumped whereas engaged on the farm.
The native stated that the younger Nongobo, who lately accomplished his secondary schooling, was rushed to the village well being care centre the place he was confirmed useless.
“As quickly because the information of the younger individual broke within the village, some youths mobilised themselves to the house of the 2 aged males; Ugbu and Shaaja, who had been family of the deceased and accused them of killing him by way of witchcraft.
“And that was how they began beating and slicing the 2 aged males with cutlasses and axes.
“They even tied a rope round their necks and dragged them till they died. The accused deceased had been screaming of their Tiv dialect that they don’t have a hand within the younger man’s dying however the mob didn’t take heed to them.
“Regardless of intervention and plea from members of the family of the tortured victims together with their kids, the youths resisted they usually ensured that the aged males had been stoned dying.
When contacted, the Benue State Police Command Spokesperson, Catherine Anene, confirmed the incident and stated that the suspects had been at present on the run.
“That incident is confirmed. The suspects are on the run. The boy died mysteriously within the farm so some youths stated it was his father and the uncle that killed him by way of witchcrafts.
“They now beat up these two males untill they died alleging that they killed the boy by way of witchcrafts.
“It has develop into a problem in Benue State that they must be enlightened. Within the villages, these issues occur and we now have been speaking to them and charged so many to courtroom.
“Actually, I’m attempting to do a programme about that on radio and tv in order that they’ll get to know extra that there’s room for investigating such instances and establishing the reason for dying not for them to simply assume that it’s witchcraft.
“There are many components which may result in deaths; we now have such instances (witchcraft allegations) parading in courtroom,” the PPRO stated.
