Husband sells wife to ritual killers in Plateau state

The Plateau Police Command has arrested a 35-year-
old man, Maimako Shepang, who allegedly sold his
wife to ritualists.The Commissioner of Police in the
state, Mr Nasiru Oki, said this on Wednesday in Jos
while briefing newsmen.
Oki said that Shepang, a resident of Kwalla Village
in Quan Pan Local Government of Plateau, deceived
his wife, Agnes, into a nearby bush with the pretext
of helping her to fetch firewood."When they entered
the bush, Shepang handed over his wife to the
ritualists who took her away for ritual purposes.
"At their shrine, the ritualists, whose faces were
masked, asked Agnes whether she was still a
spinster, to which she answered in the negative.
"She told them that the man that brought her was her
husband.
This development infuriated the ritualists, who
quickly told her to run away since the person they
wanted for the sacrifice was expected to be a spinster
and a virgin,'' Oki said.The commissioner said that
Agnes, who was stripped of her clothes, ran naked to
the village where she reported her ordeal to the
villagers who then reported the matter to the
police.According to Oki, the police have also arrested
one of the ritualists and he is being questioned along
with Shepang.
"The other ritualist is still at large, but we are closing
in on him.'' the police said.

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