Police arrest nine-man ritual gang in Borno

• Published date: 21 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Police Command in Borno State said it has arrested a nine-man gang of serial ritualists known as 'Karangiya,' who specialised in dismembering body parts of their victims.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday, said they were arrested on Dec. 16, 2022 by men of the command.

He said the suspects murdered unknown persons and dismembered their remains, noting that the last incident was recorded where a victim's eyes were removed around the Post Office area.

'There was another case where a woman was killed and thrown into the river and her body parts were removed,' he said.

He explained that after visiting the scene, detectives embarked on an intelligence investigation to find those behind the dastardly act.

He said, 'On the Dec. 16, 2022, at about 1945hrs, one Mohammed Bukar, 18 year-old, from Shuwari area in Maiduguri, went and reported at Jere Division that he was on his way to collect his GSM phone from charging together with his friend.

'He...