By Deborah Onyofufeke
Happy David, a 15-year-old girl in Adamawa state was arraigned before the magistrate court in Yola for beating an 85-year-old woman to death
The teenager who confessed to the act of beating the aged woman who lives in the same neighborhood with her to death said she armed herself with a stick, stormed the residence of the woman, and beat her up on accusation of witchcraft.
A 15-year-old girl in Adamawa State has confessed to beating an 85-year-old woman to death.
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It was gathered on Monday that this happened on April 8th, earlier this month when she allegedly said she chose the act to teach the woman a lesson.
The teenage girl allegedly claimed that the old woman, Gama Jatau of the Tambo community in Girei Local Government Area, bewitched her and caused her sickness on several occasions.
The victim was rushed to hospital in Jabbi Lamba in the Girei LGA where she was pronounced dead.
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The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Yola, ordered that she be remanded after she admitted to beating the deceased to death.
The accused was arraigned on a charge of murder before Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Muhammed Digil, to whom she pleaded guilty.
After the guilt plea, the prosecutor applied for the adjournment of the matter, and the court adjourned it to next month, May 26
