A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court on this Thursday ordered the remand of a 55-year-old woman, by name Fatima Tsaraka for allegedly killing her grandson.


The accused it was alleged abducted her grandson, took him to a nearby bush where she and two others slaughtered him, used his flesh for meal and drank his blood.
Tsaraka, arraigned alongside Amina Mohammed, 65, and Zhitsun Aliyu, 38, is facing a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and cannibalism.
The accused were arraigned on Sept. 1, but the prosecutor requested an adjournment to enable police conclude investigation.
At the resumed hearing of the case, the Magistrate, Mr Hamidu Bima, ordered the continued detention of the accused pending legal advice from the State Directorate of Public Prosecutions.