He remanded the accused to the penitentiary facility, while the kid was taken to a detention home.
The Zamfara State Police Command has detained five people on suspicion of cannibalism.
The accused were hauled before the Chief Magistrate Court in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday.
A file photo was used to illustrate the article.
The Police Prosecutor, Jaafar Muhammad, informed the sitting
Magistrate, Sa'adu Garba Gurbin, that the p
olice had submitted their findings
to the State Ministry of Justice's Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) on
January 31, 2022.
He said the Magistrate Court had no jurisdiction in the
case. He said the police further submitted the outcome of their investigation
to the DPP for reassignment of the case to a court of competent jurisdiction
for proper prosecution.
In the ruling, the Chief Magistrate, Sa’adu Gurbin, said the
court had no jurisdiction.
He remanded the accused persons to the correctional centre,
while the minor among them was sent to a remand home.
The case was adjourned to 15th March, 2022 for further
mention.
One of the family members of the butchered late Ahmad,
Sadiya Abdurahman Hafizi, could not control her emotions as she kept shouting
in the court, demanding justice.
Last month, the Zamfara State Police Command arraigned the
five suspects before the Chief Magistrate Court in Gusau, the state capital for
Criminal Conspiracy, culpable homicide and cannibalism.
The suspects were charged for killing nine-year-old Ahmad
Yakubu and for eating some parts of his body organs, such as intestine, eyes
and throat.
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