{"id":48916,"date":"2021-09-25T12:19:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikkitimes.com\/?p=48916"},"modified":"2021-09-25T12:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T11:19:33","slug":"man-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-his-brother-for-rituals-in-kwara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikkitimes.com\/man-arrested-for-allegedly-killing-his-brother-for-rituals-in-kwara\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested For Allegedly Killing His Brother For Rituals In Kwara"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested one lsmail Saliu, 25, for allegedly conspiring with a herbalist and one other, to slaughter his brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSCDC Command Spokesman in Kwara, Mr Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, in Ilorin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afolabi said that Saliu conspired with two others, and killed his 14-year-old younger brother, Azeez Saliu, with the intention of using him for money rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spokesman said that the incident happened on Sept. 13, in Kosubosu, Baruten Local Government Area (LGA), of Kwara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn Sept. 13, operatives of the NSCDC in Kosubosu Divisional Office got a distress call from a neighbourhood about suspicious movement of certain individuals in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome officers from the divisional office, with operatives of the Anti-Vandal patrol team in the area, swung into action and subsequently arrested a herbalist Ahmed Nkwe 44, lsmail Saliu 25 and Saliu Ahmed 30,\u201d Afolabi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The spokesman said that investigations revealed, that the suspects lured the victim to the farm, where he was gruesomely murdered by his own brother, lsmail Saliu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the suspect and his accomplices were later arrested by operatives of the NSCDC on their way back from the farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afolabi said that the prime suspect and brother to the deceased confessed to having personally slaughtered his brother with the help of the herbalist and one other person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that the State Commandant, Ayinla Makinde, was briefed on the incident, and had ordered that the suspects should be handed over to the police, for further investigations and prosecution. 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