The Chief butcher of Balmo Forest in Bauchi State, Zach­ariah Mohamadu (aka Ardo), arrested by the police on July 15, said yesterday it took him just two minutes to slaughter a human being. The suspect disclosed this to journalists in Abuja.
Mohamadu, aged 30, who hails from Darazo Local Government Area of the state, however, said he had slaughtered only five persons. The chief butcher said he had been a staunch member of Boko Haram for over two years. He operated with four other professional butchers, Garba, Hassan, Muhammadu and Isawa, to carry out the crime. He said the four colleagues would just tie the victims very well and prepare them for the slab. He said it is only after they have finished tying the victims that he would be called to perform his duty of slaughtering them even without remorse.
Speaking through an interpreter, the suspect said: “My real name is Zacha­riah Mohamadu, but I am popularly known as Ardo in the Boko Haram sect. I am 30 years old and I am an indigene of Kaimari in Darazo Local Government Area. I have been a mem­ber of the terrorists group for the past two years and I started working with them at Daura in Bauchi State.
“I belong to a group of five butch­ers, Garba, Hassan, Mohammadu, Isawa and myself making a total of five butchers that operated at Balmo Forest. Out of the five, my duty is to slaughter while the remaining four had to tie the victims with rope and make them ready for me to kill. I have slaughtered only five people and it takes only two minutes to slaughter a human being,” he said.
Parading the suspect at one of its detention facilities before newsmen in Abuja yesterday, the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba (an As­sistant Commissioner), said the police decided to parade the suspect, who was arrested at Balmo Forest  before newsmen to debunk the rumour that he (Mohamadu) had escaped from police custody.