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[B00M] Self-confessed witches given 24 hours to restore victim's health |MUST READ

Chukwuemeka Chukwueke

Jan 27, 2021

The Hon Umar Gangs Area Court 1, Yola, Adamawa State has given two women and five minors accused of bewitching and afflicting a three-year-old girl with a disease, 24 hours to revive the girl.

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The seven self-confessed 'witches' who have come before a court in Yola, Adamawa State capital, allegedly used demonic powers to afflict the three-year-old girl with a strange disease.

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The seven accused persons include a 60-year-old woman, one other woman not yet arrested and five children aged four to six years.

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The 60-year-old whose name was given as Halima Jonta and the minors were brought to Area Court 1, Yola, by a community leader, the Sarkin Mayu Adamawa, Kabiru Garba.

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Halima Jonta told the court she and the five minors and a certain woman, identified simply as Dadu, now at large, had bewitched the three-year-old girl.

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Hon Umar Gangs of the Area Court 1, who ruled on the case, said it was sad that little children had been so mindlessly turned to witches.

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He nonetheless ordered the arrest of fleeing Dudu and charged all the accused persons to do whatever would be necessary to ensure that the three-year-old is returned to good health.

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