Police arrest 3 teenagers for amputating man’s right hand in Bauchi
Police arrest 3 teenagers for amputating man’s right hand in Bauchi
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested some thugs (Sara Suka) in the Bauchi metropolis ahead of this year’s Sallah celebration.
Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, disclosed the arrest on Wednesday.
According to a press statement obtained by DAILY POST in Bauchi, the police assured that they were ready to be alive to their constitutional duty of maintaining law and order, providing adequate security of lives and property, preventing and detecting crimes, and enforcing the laws to preserve civil order.
Wakil said among the thugs arrested were three teenagers identified by a 21-year-old man, Sadiq Bala, to have amputated his right hand.
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“The command received a complaint from one Sadiq Bala ‘m’ aged 21yrs, a victim of Sara-Suka who was later invited for an identification parade and he vividly identified one Ibrahim Musa ‘m’ aged 18yrs, Buhari Ahmad ‘m’ aged 18yrs and Abba Usman ‘m’ aged 18yrs to be amongst the thugs that amputated his right hand,” Wakil stated.
He added that the suspects confessed to the allegation against them and were remorseful for their actions.
Speaking further, Wakil said the three teenagers were among those arrested on Tuesday last week by operatives of the command’s Operation Restore Peace (ORP) at Mallan Goje, Nasarawa, and Karofi areas of the state capital.
He listed the other suspected thugs arrested in the operation as Adamu Sirajo (25, alias Dan Baba); Sadiq Isah (20); Nasiru Abdullahi (19); Amir Abdullahi (20); Ukasha Ladan (21); Abdulkarim Mohammad (22); Ibrahim Musa (17, alias Na ma’aiki); Abbas Usman (18); Buhari Ahmad (19) and Safiyanu Abdullahi (20).
Exhibits recovered from the suspects, according to the PPRO, included three knives, four machetes, and two sharp iron, among others.