A middle-aged man has died three
days after stealing an antiquity (idol) from a Tiv community in Taraba state.
The middle aged man, it was
gathered, went to Tiv community which was affected by the ongoing Tiv/Jukun
crisis to loot and took away the antiquity kept in a shrine.
The man, Daily Trust further learnt,
after stealing the object brought it to his room secretly without informing his
co-looters what he had stolen. A source in Wukari, Shamaki Solomon, told Daily
Trust that the man could not sleep the day he stole the antiquity.
The source told Daily Trust that the
antiquity which is a deity in the community was used for protection by
traditionalists in the village. The man, according to the Solomon, had later
confessed that he heard a loud sound in his room saying ‘l need blood to
drink’, saying the sound came from the position where he kept the antiquity.
According to the source, the man
after hearing the sound, could not sleep for three days. Solomon stated that
the man became sick, lost his senses and died later. On what happens with the
antiquity, the source said everyone was afraid to touch the antiquity which the
victim hid in a bag. When contacted, Police spokesman in Taraba state, DSP
David Misal, said the matter was not reported to the police command.