The Plateau State Police Command has paraded a youngman, Maimako Shephang who sold his wife Agnes for the sum of N800, 000 to a ritualist.

Parading the suspect at the Command’s headquarters in Jos on Wednesday, the State’s Commissioner of Police Nasiru Oki, said, “On the 30th, August, 2014, at about 11:00 hours, the policemen in Quaan Pan LGA arrested one Maimako Shephang at Kwalla following information that, the middle aged man lured and took his wife Agnes to a nearby bush on a pretext to fetch firewood.

“On getting to the bush, the handed over his wife Agnes to two men, who masked themselves. He explained.

The Plateau State Police Command has paraded a youngman, Maimako Shephang who sold his wife Agnes for the sum of N800, 000 to a ritualist.

Parading the suspect at the Command’s headquarters in Jos on Wednesday, the State’s Commissioner of Police Nasiru Oki, said, “On the 30th, August, 2014, at about 11:00 hours, the policemen in Quaan Pan LGA arrested one Maimako Shephang at Kwalla following information that, the middle aged man lured and took his wife Agnes to a nearby bush on a pretext to fetch firewood.

“On getting to the bush, the handed over his wife Agnes to two men, who masked themselves. He explained.

“The two dreaded men asked Agnes whether she is spinster or not. As the woman told them that, the man who handed her over to them is her husband.

“They told her to runaway from the place, since the spiritual sacrifice requires a woman or a lady who has not known a man.

However, Oki said the woman’s husband and one of the suspected ritualist has been apprehended by the police and are being investigated.

In another development, the Command said from July to date, it has recovered 26 arms of different sizes, 40 ammunition and 10 cartridges.

The Police Boss appealled to the citizenry to collaborate and cooperate with the Command by making available information that is credible and relevant to the task of policing in the State.

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Bizarre: Man sells wife for N800,000 in Qu’aanpan LGA