Child rights campaigners say children are frequently abandoned, hideously injured and even
murdered because their families believe they are witches.
Mr Ulup-Aya was arrested in Akwa Ibom State after a child rights campaigner led police to his
church and negotiated a consultation fee for an exorcism.
Police in south-east Nigeria have arrested a man who claimed to have killed 110 child "witches".
But after his arrest, he reportedly told the police he had only killed the "witches" inside, not the
children.
Self-proclaimed "pastors" extort money from families to exorcise the children.
He has now been charged with murder.
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