SaharaReporters learnt that among the many mob have been 4 middle-aged males, Ezekiel Kumtha, Awo Mesa, Ishaku Sanda, and Oga Dapila, who reportedly clubbed Timothy to loss of life and burnt his corpse after they accused him of training witchcraft.

They have been mentioned to have accused him of inflicting the loss of life of underage youngsters in the neighborhood.
Thereafter, the mob pounced on him with golf equipment and in addition pelted him with stones earlier than setting his physique ablaze.
The incident occurred on Might 15, 2022 at Dumna village within the Guyuk Native Authorities Space of Adamawa State.
As additional learnt, an argument had began at a consuming joint, when the deceased and his alleged killers engaged in a scorching debate over the reason for mysterious deaths of kids within the village.
The police on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest of the alleged culprits, saying “they’re being prosecuted by Inspector Zakka Musa”, on the Chief Justice of the Peace Court docket, presided by Abdullahi Mohammed Digil.
Within the First Data Report (FIR), laid earlier than the courtroom, Inspector Musa alleged that the defendants criminally conspired and attacked the deceased, Benson Timothy, on the ill-fated day.

In keeping with the prosecution, the offences, that are felony conspiracy and culpable murder, contravened sections 60 and 192 of the State Penal Code Regulation, 2018.
After taking a “not responsible” plea on the two rely expenses, the decide ordered their remand in jail custody and adjourned the case to July 5, 2022.
Mob killings have been a disturbing pattern within the nation, as two suspects are nonetheless dealing with trial within the notoriously grotesque homicide of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level scholar of the Shehu Shagari School of Schooling, Sokoto State, who was killed for alleged blasphemy.