Police nab man for digging grave and cutting off Stepfather’s Head In Adamawa

Men from the Adamawa State Police Command have detained a 55-year-old hunter named Yusuf Garba, also called Gana, on suspicion of excavating a grave and chopping off his stepfather’s head.

Police Public Relations Officer SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje confirmed the arrest to reporters, stating that the suspect confessed to the crime while being questioned.

Nguroje spoke According to Garba, who is from Tappare Kona Uku in the state’s Jada Local Government Area, the deceased’s son had come to him and asked for his father’s head for ceremonial reasons following his death.

He said that when his stepfather d!ed, his son had tried to take the corpse to Jalingo in Taraba State for burial but was denied. He mentioned that a year after the burial, the son returned and asked for his father’s head for traditional rites

Garba claimed that he was pressured by his stepfather’s son, who he believed was a witch and could harm him or his children if he refused to comply.

“I took a hoe around 4:00 am, went to the graveyard, dug the grave, and cut off the head.”

After that, he went back home and gave the son the head in a polythene bag.

The suspect went on to say that because the head was stored in their bedroom, the deceased’s wife approached him after two weeks and complained of having horrible dreams.

The police spokesman, SP Nguroje, stated that the Commissioner of Police, CP Morris Dankombo, had ordered a discreet investigation and prosecution of the suspect.