Teenager Plucks Boys Eyeball for Ritual in Kano, Lands in Police Net

By Zubairu Idris/

The police in Kano State have arrested a 17-year-old boy for allegedly plucking the eyeball of a 12-year-old boy.

According to the state police spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the incident occurred on March 20.

He said that the victim was seen by the roadside without a right eyeball and with blood streaming from the eye.

Haruna-Kiyawa said that the Commissioner of Police, Sama’iala Shuaibu-Dikko, mobilized a team of police personnel to the scene and the victim was taken to a hospital.

“The police rushed the victim to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, where doctors confirmed that the eyeball was forcefully removed with an object.

“The victim was admitted at the hospital, while the police had, since then, launched an investigation,” he said.

The police spokesman said that the suspect was arrested with the help of a vigilante group in that area.

He said that the suspect confessed to committing the offense.

“The suspect told police that he lured the boy to a place, tightened his hands, and used a sharp object to remove his right eyeball,” he said.

Haruna-Kiyawa said that the police further asked the suspect why he committed the act.

“He (the suspect) said that it was an elderly woman who instructed him to bring an eyeball of a human being to make a charm that would make him be disappearing.

“The woman had also been arrested,” he said.

The police spokesman said that the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) for further investigation, adding that the suspects would be charged in Court.

He called on the public to be watchful about happenings in their surroundings and immediately report any criminal activity to the police for prompt action.

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