Adamawa State resident Sadiq Idrissu has confessed to killing his mother after suspecting her of being a witch.
Sadiq, 30, who is currently being held by the Adamawa State Police Command, revealed that he felt bad for his father for putting up with his mother after discovering that she was involved in witchcraft.
There have been reports stating that on December 5th, Sadiq, a resident of Boga in the Gombi Local Government Area, shot and killed his mother.
While confessing to the police that he had slain his mother, Sadiq did not feel guilty, saying, “I feel sorry for my father because he married her and has been with her for a long time.”
He asserted that he had grounds to think his mother was a witch, saying, “She was a witch. She appeared to me as a witch. People have been accusing her of witchcraft for about two years. It is true because something kept frightening me, especially at night.”
Sadiq, who was reportedly on hazardous drug mixture known locally as “Suck and Die,” said in a dream that his mother appeared to him as a witch, causing him severe worries and sleepless nights.
Sadiq related how he came home one midnight to find his sister sleeping alone and surmised that his mother might have gone out to practice witchcraft. When he was leaving the house, he came across her and shot her twice after he did not find her in his father’s room.
When confirming Sadiq’s arrest, Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said that the suspect killed his mother due to a witchcraft accusation.
According to Nguroje, the state’s commissioner of police, Afolabi Babatola, ordered that the case be forwarded to CID for investigation.
