A 30-year-old man identified as Manu Yakubu allegedly dumped his six-year-old daughter, Jennifer Ayuba, in a well after accusing her of witchcraft.

Yakubu has been arrested and arraigned before the Nasarawa State High Court on Tuesday for the dastardly act.

The prosecuting counsel for the police, James Anata, told the court that Yakubu committed the offence on December 8, 2017.

A prosecution witness, Samuel Kuje, told the court that he discovered the victim inside the well in his farm in the early hours of December 8.

The witness said, “I first thought she was a ghost but when I asked who she is, she said she was Jennifer Ayuba from Gidigidi.

“I then ran to Gidigidi immediately to inform the head of the community, Mr. Ashila and four other persons; we all went back to my site and brought out the child from the well; then I called the police from B Division in Lafia to arrest the accused.”

The police said Yakubu had in his statement confessed to the crime, explaining that he dumped his daughter in the well because he believed she was responsible for his ill luck.

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