The police in Cross River State have docked three suspects before a State High Court sitting in Calabar, for killing five people in Ndon Nwong Community of Odukpani Local Council of the state on witchcraft allegations.
The High Court of Justice in Cross River State, has arraigned three murder suspects over the killing of five people in Ndon Nwong Community in Odukpani Local Government Area of the state on allegation of witchcraft.
The incident happened following a motorcycle accident that took place on the evening of October 13, 2022, which led to two children being tortured and forced to identify the “witches” that caused the said accident and the youths rallied the victims up. Counsel to the 3rd defendant, Mustapha Egweshi, told newsmen shortly after the arraignment that the court was adjourned because the Counsel to the 2nd respondent said he was not served with the information .
“I am happy that the defendants, their nominal complainants, their families and the entire public had a date with justice. The process has started, we can only hope that justice should be serve for the five that were gruesomely murdered just because of mere superstition and superstition kills us more than diseases and the earlier the court take a position to deter people from mindlessly killing human persons, the better.
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