Due to accusations of witchcraft, TWO widows, Mrs Martina Osom and Mrs Rose Akon, were tortured to death on Saturday in the Cross River State town of Ebbaken, Boje, and Boki Local Government Area.
Both women were returning from early morning prayers when the youths accosted them, accusing them of initiating a member of the community into witchcraft, according to an eye witness, a son-in-law of one of the widows, who spoke with Vanguard.
“They met my mother-in-law within the church environment, as it was her tradition to weed and clean up the church vicinity every Saturday immediately after the morning mass.
“The youths accused her of initiating a member of the community into witchcraft and she denied the allegation but they went ahead beating her and asking her to confess that she is a witch but her passionate appeal that she was innocent fell on deaf ears.”
“They were both tied with strong ropes and beaten in the rain all through the day until they died,” he said, adding that no arrest has been made and the culprits are walking free in the community.
Speaking on the issue, the Commissioner of police Cross River State, Aminu AlHassan narrated the story saying.
“A woman in one village in cross river state complained to her son who is a youth leader that one of the women who work in the church had bewitched the mother. The woman’s son mobilized friends and they went to beat up the woman and her friend.
“It was after the incident that we came to know the matter. As I am talking to you, some arrest has been made, two community leaders who we suspect must have sanctioned the act and the woman who made the allegation has been arrested as well.
“The boy who arranged the mobilization is on the run and investigation is still going on”. He added.
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