The suspected dealers, Sule,
Usmanu Tanko and Nyamsay Isa were arrested on March 18, 2015 at Sabongari (Nwa
Sub Division) in possession of human parts (skull, bones) and transferred to
the Nkambe prison. The story goes that Usmanu Sule (claiming relationship) with
Aladji Musa contacted him and proposed that he should buy the human parts. Shocked
by the type of business proposal, he immediately alerted his immediate
surrounding and the police. When Sule and Usmanu Tanko arrived at Aladji’s home
to take him to the alleged suppliers, ( Nyamsay Isa and Fortipme Salifou) they
were picked up. Acting on the instruction of police, the two middlemen called
the suppliers and arranged that they should meet at “Terre Rouge” given that
Aladji doesn’t cross the river. Nyamsay Isa was already at the meeting point
while Fortipme Salifou (both of the West Region) was still to cross the river
when the police appeared. Fortipme (supposed owner) escaped while Nyamsay was
arrested.
When quizzed how they
got themselves involved in the business, Sule said that sometimes ago he
travelled to Mante (West Region) for the burial of his in-law and when he got
there, his friend Nyamsay Isa proposed to him that he had human parts and
whether he could look for someone to buy them. He said when he came back to
Sabongari, while in a discussion with his friends; he told them that Magba is a
bad place because the other day one of his friends asked him to look for a
buyer of human parts. Sule claimed that the day he met Nyamsay Isa, his father
asked him what they were discussing for that long and he told him his friend
was proposing that he had human parts for sell. According to Sule, he made his
friend at Mante some 17km away from Magba(West Region) after they haven’t met
for a very long time.
The suspected dealers: Sule, Nyamsay, Usmanu |
While at Sabongari,
Sule said he told his friend that Nyamsay had proposed to him that he has human
parts for sell but he was not interested. On hearing this, Usmanu Tanko took
interest in the business and latter told him that he will propose it to his
friend Aladji.
On the other hand, Nyamsay
Isa said he too was also introduced to the business by the supposed owner who
escaped. According to Nyamsay Isa, his friend Fortipme Salifou was the person
who dug the skeleton. And that he was introduced into the business by Fortipme
Salifou (owner). Salifou he added only asked him whether he could look for
someone to buy the human parts given that he is closer to Sabongari where such
businesses take place especially as they are closer to Gembu in Nigeria. Allegedly,
the owner of the business, Fortipme Salifou from Magba is said to have
absconded from police dragnet given that at the moment he was across the river.
However, public opinion
holds that the truth has not yet been revealed. This is so because even though
they all claim they were middlemen in the business, a school of thought holds
that the police should investigate the matter with seriousness. And the escapist
Nyamsay Isa should be fished out to get his own side of the story. (To be continued)…..
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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