Bauchi Police arrest man for allegedly killing teenager

By Nimake Earland

The police command in Bauchi state has arrested a 22year- old man for allegedly killing a teenager for ritual purposes.

This was contained in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, FSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil and made available to newsmen in Bauchi.

According to the PPRO “On the 21/12/2020 at about 0930hrs, Detectives of Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters, arrested one Musa Hamza 22yrs of Unguwar wake village, Alkaleri L.G.A, who lured one Adamu Ibrahim 17yrs of same address, into the outskirt of the village forest and killed him with a stick, beheaded the head from the body, where he forcefully gouge-out the two eyes, burnt the body/head and buried them separately in a shallow grave located in the nearby bush”.

Wakil explained that “During investigation, all the buried human parts were exhumed and taken to General Hospital Alkaleri for medical examination where the medical doctor certified the corpse death.

Upon interrogation, the two eyes were recovered from the principal suspect, who voluntarily confessed to have committed the crime and was asked by a ritualist to bring the eyes for ritual to enable him to be rich”.

The statement further states that exhibits recovered from the suspect includes one Knife, one mp3 player, one pair of rubber shoe and one lighter.

The PPRO further states thatinvestigation is on-going after which suspect will be charged to court for prosecution.