Gombe to prosecute uncle for amputating minor in phone theft case The Gombe State Government said, on Monday, that it had filed charges against a man in the state who amputated the two hands of his nephew, identified only as Adamu, on the allegation that the 12-year-old stole a phone. The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Gombe State Ministry of Justice, Abubakar Jungudo, told newsmen in a telephone interview that the uncle of the amputated child would be prosecuted. “We are going to prosecute the defendant. We are awaiting the assignment...