Three youngsters have been arrested over their bid to remove a six-month-old foetus for money ritual in Minna, Niger State capital.

It was learnt that the suspects, Martha Andrew, James Luka and Johnson John, had lured a pregnant woman from Rafin-Yashin area of Minna to a hotel along the Eastern Bye-pass in Minna, in a bid to remove the foetus for ritual purposes.

According to the suspects, they had promised to pay the victim N30 million if she could have a miscarriage while still in the hotel.

The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident, said the three suspects were tracked and arrested by police operatives of the SCID, Minna, around a hotel along Eastern Bye-Pass, Minna.

He said that during interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime, adding that the allegations filed against them were conspiracy and attempt to cause miscarriage.

“The suspects were arrested as they conspired to take a pregnant victim from Rafin-Yashi area of Minna to one ‘Gbege’ presently at large.

“They lured the victim with a promise to pay her N30 million naira to remove her six-month-old pregnancy for ritual purposes.”

In another incident, a 23-year-old Hashimu Sani has been arrested for stabbing 20 years old Musa Bala to death.

Residents around Kotonkoro village said that Sani had been boasting that he could get away with killing anybody.

The Niger State Police spokesperson, Abiodun Wasiu, also confirmed the incident, saying that the suspect was arrested by the police operatives of Kotonkoro attached to Bangi Division, adding that he was arrested with two knives stained with suspected blood.

He said that when questioned, the suspect could not state any reason for his action or any altercation between him and the deceased, pointing out that it was established that the suspect is a drug addict.

“He has been transferred to SCID for further investigation and prosecution,” Wasiu said. (Text, excluding headline: The Nation)

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