Isatou Badjie, a resident of Makumbaya that was hospitalized after she was released from captivity by the witchcraft practitioners, on Wednesday passed away at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

The remains of Isatou Badjie have been interred at Makumbaya Cemetery yesterday.

The full version of the story will be published by the Foroyaa newspaper on Monday 9th March 2009.

Alasan Jarju, a 52 old year old, was whisked away from his village of Makumbaya, in the Kombo North district in the Western Region of the country on the 25th day of February 2009 by the witchcraft hunters alleged that he was beaten by his captors.

According to Alasana Jarju, he was working on his coos field on Wednesday morning when he saw a group of people approaching him. He said the group consists of both young men and women in green clothes and some others in red garments. He said upon their arrival at Makumbaya, he was asked by the purported witch hunters what he was doing in his empty land. He said he replied to them that he is working on his coos. He said they further asked him to get up and follow them. Mr. Jarju said he followed them to the Bantaba, upon their arrival there, he said he was told by the purported witch hunters that he will not go back to his coos field.

Mr. Jarju said he was asked to board a white bus that took him to a compound known as "Baba Jobe's compound" in Kololi.

Mr. Jarju said upon their arrival at their final destination, they were each given concoction to drink. He added that after drinking the concoction, many of them collapsed and others became unconscious.

Mr. Jarju said the purported hunters later took him to a lonely house where he was asked how many people he has eaten. He s aid he told them that he has never eaten human flesh. He said at that juncture, the hunters together with some armed personnel put his head inside a black polythene bag and tied it.

He said he was beaten by those people for a couple of minutes while his head was still covered by the polythene bag. He said he heard a man amongst the assailants asking his colleagues whether he was dead. He said at that juncture, they started to argue amongst themselves as to whether he was really dead. He said while he was lying flat on the ground, he heard those people asking questions to each other.

Mr. Jarju said they threatened him to accept that he is a wizard. He indicated that when he maintained his innocence, they covered his head with the polythene bag for the second time and insisted that he has to admit that he is a wizard. He pointed out that he was still adamant that he has never eaten human flesh.

Mr. Jarju said when he refused to change his position; they took him to another place and put him in chains. He pointed out that while he was still in chains, they continued to beat him.

He said they beat him and threatened him to admit that he is a wizard.

He said he developed a stomach complication shortly after he was released by his captors. He added that he was taken to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital for medical examination and the doctors there confirmed that he has developed a kidney problem. As a result of this complication, he said he could not urinate and defecate on his own. He has shown this reporter the gadget he is utilising to facilitate his excretion which was fixed by doctors at the Royal Teaching hospital.