BY: News Peddlers
A father of three Ishaya, has been accused of slaughtering
his twins for ritual in Dosa community, Zing local government, Taraba state.
The mother who gave birth to the twins few weeks ago
was away to buy the local beer (brukutu). Meanwhile, the father was said to
have gone to the stream to fetch water when the incident happened on Monday.
A source who went to the scene told News Peddlers that "their seven years old daughter was outside playing with other children while the twins were in the room. When the daughter went in to check the babies she discovered that they have been slaughtered, she raised alarm which alerted the neighbourhood and the father who was taking his bath at the time.”
The twins were slaughtered without any traces of
blood, the perpetrator was said to have drained their blood for something.
“We didn’t see anyone that went in or out of the room
except for the father of the twins,” a neighbour told News Peddlers. Adding
that it was broad daylight and they could have seen anyone that came to the area.
The husband is now in police custody at Jalingo for
further investigation, all attempts to contact the police public relations office
of Jalingo was not successful.
A commuter further said, “we are living in fear since
the incident happened on Monday, The people of Zing are demanding justice for these
innocent twins the government should make sure the perpetrator faces the law.”
The father has denied the allegations after a group of
elders in the community had consulted the gods and discovered that the father
was responsible for the killing.