Father, friend in police net over daughter’s death

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, September 19th, 2011

Kuje – (NAN) The Kuje Divisional Police Headquarters has confirmed the arrest of two men, Sunday Kadani and Peter Audu, over the death of an 11-year-old girl, Joy Sunday.

The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Danladi Isa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kuje said the arrest followed the discovery of the girl’s body in a soak-away.

Isa said Kadani, who is the girl’s father, and Audu his friend had claimed that Joy was possessed by witchcraft.

He said the suspects had earlier on Sept. 8 poured kerosene on the girl and set fire on her as a result of their claims.

“Then, we had received information through the Village Head of Jeda, Mr Ali Danjuma, that a little girl was found in a farm at about 6 a.m with burns on her neck and face.

“We went and brought the girl and through her statement we discovered that the father and his friend set her ablaze. We then got the two arrested,” Isa said.

The police officer said he had on compassionate grounds after seeing the little girl gave out money for the girl be taken to the hospital for treatment.

“After the treatment, we discovered that there was nobody to take care of the girl at home. So, we released the suspects and ordered that they report to the station a week later,” he said.

The DPO said the girl’s body was however discovered in the soak-away on Sept. 10, two days after the order given to the suspects to take care of her.

He said preliminary investigation on the matter had been concluded, and the suspects would soon be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation.

He said the corpse of the girl had already been deposited at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital mortuary.(NAN)

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