A car dealer in Zamfara state and four others have been arraigned before a chief magistrate court over the murder, decapitating and eating the body parts of a nine-year-old boy identified as Ahmad Yakubu Aliyu.
The suspects were brought to the magistrate court on Tuesday amid tight security.
The suspects pleaded not guilty after the magistrate, Sa’adu Gurbin Bore, read the charges against them.
The judge there after adjourned the case till February 8 2022 for mentioning.
The parents of the victim and other sympathisers were in court on Tuesday to call for justice for their murdered son.
