By Zailani Bappa

Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) of Zamfara State has ordered the demolition and arrest of the owners of a house suspected to be a center of cultist activity and sorcery in Gusau.

The House, located at Unguwar Dallatu quarters behind New Motor Park was earlier raided in the day where items strongly indicating the use of black magic were found.

The items found included blood in a calabash, a tiny human doll, a small clay container filled with charcoal, another clay container filled with a powdered substance, several pieces of papers with the names of prominent politicians scribbled on it in Arabic letters and a clay container with yet, another substance pieced with several needles standing on it.

Earlier today, the state Commissioner of Police told journalists in his office that his men would dig into the matter and find the owners of the House and those behind the heinous activities in it.

Governor Matawalle said his administration would not allow the perpetration of any anti-social activities that negate the Sharia law in the state.

He said the action of his government on this matter would send a strong signal to those who deviate and practise black magic in the state.

It would be recalled that recently, pages of the Holy Quran were dumped in a pit latrine and two of the township burial grounds were set ablaze all in a manner indicating the occult.

Zailani Bappa is Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications to Governor Mohammed Bello, Matawallen Maradun.