The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a serving soldier and a vigilante commander for allegedly killing a woman for ritual purposes in Mubi North Local Government Area of the state.

According to reports obtained by security analyst Zagazola Makama, the arrests came after a distress call was received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Mubi North around 12:00 p.m. on October 21, indicating that the body of an unidentified woman had been discovered behind the Adamawa State University fence with multiple stab wounds.

“On receipt of the report, the DPO led a team of detectives to the scene, took photographs, and evacuated the corpse to the Federal Medical Centre, Mubi, for autopsy,” one of the sources confirmed.

Preliminary investigations led to the arrest of a soldier identified as Private Tanko Salihu, attached to the 93 Battalion, Ada Barracks, Takum, Taraba State, and one Yahaya Idi Gadzama, a vigilante commander in Mubi North.

Both suspects reportedly confessed during interrogation to conspiring and killing the woman for ritual purposes.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and possible prosecution.

He condemned the act, describing it as “heinous and inhumane,” and assured residents of the command’s determination to ensure that justice is served and that all perpetrators of crime in the state face the full weight of the law.

Police arrest soldier, vigilante commander over alleged ritual killing in Adamawa