Adamawa state high court VII has sentenced Bappa Alti of Ganji village in Gombi local government area for killing his son, Buba Bappa for money ritual.
The court presided by Justice Fatma Ahmed Tafida, convicted Bappa for chopping off his son’s head with a machete.
Investigations revealed that the convict was tricked by some suspected ritualist now at large in order to make money.
The late Buba went into the bush to rear his cattle on the 13th July, 2013 unknown to him, his dad had hatched a plan to take his life.
Bappa was said to have used his rearing stick to hit Buba in the head, killing him.
Bappa then used a machete to chop off Buba’s head and left the body in a pool of blood.
On getting home, Bappa enquired about his son’s return from the farm.
His wife said their son had not returned.
A search party–including the convict–searched for days until they found Buba’s decapitated body.
The search team arrested Bappa on suspicion and reported to Gombi divisional police headquarters, where Bappa was formally arrested for investigation.
He confessed during investigation at Criminal Investigation Department Yola.
He led police to the scene where he buried his dead son’s head, which police exhumed as evidence.
