Police arrest man over alleged ritual attempt at Katsina hospital

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man, Sagir Muntari, implicit an alleged ritual-related discourtesy astatine the General Hospital, Funtua, successful Katsina State.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this successful a connection made disposable to journalists connected Saturday successful Katsina.

According to the statement, the fishy was apprehended pursuing a study of suspicious question wrong the infirmary premises.

It stated that connected May 9, 2026, astatine astir 4:20 p.m., a unit subordinate noticed an unidentified idiosyncratic wandering suspiciously wrong the installation and alerted information personnel.

Detectives were instantly deployed to the scene, wherever the fishy was arrested and identified arsenic Sagir Muntari.

The connection further noted that during interrogation, the fishy allegedly confessed to entering the infirmary with the volition of obtaining the womb of a newborn babe for usage successful spiritual and transgression activities.

It added that an probe into the substance is ongoing, aft which the fishy volition beryllium charged successful court.

The constabulary bid warned against each forms of transgression and ritual-related activities, reiterating i...