A 60-year-old man in Barakin- Ladi Local
Government Area of Plateau State has been
arrested for setting an eight-year-old girl
ablaze on suspicion of being a witch and
for being behind series of incidents within
the locality.on Tuesday at about 10:34 a.m.
when most people had gone to their various
places of work.
The suspect, identified as Yakubu Vong, was
said to have asked the girl to a house where
he doused her with petrol and set her
ablaze.
It was gathered that the man, after setting
the girl ablaze, locked the room in the
building. The cry of the girl attracted
passers bye who forced the door open and
rushed her to a hospital. She was said to
have died before reaching the hospital.
The Police Public Relations officer, Plateau
State command, Emmanuel Abu, who
confirmed the incident, said the man had
been arrested and investigations into the
matter had commenced.
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