A 15-year-old Adamu Ibrahim of Jital village along Gombe road has been arrested by the operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly amputating a farmer’s hand following a disagreement.
The Informant247 gathered that the suspect was said to have trespassed into the victim’s farmland on several occasions while rearing his cows, a development that did not go well with the victim.
In a statement on Saturday by the command’s spokesman, SP Mohammed Wakil said that a series of complaints to the suspect’s father by the victim for intrusion into his rice farmland proved abortive as the suspect continued grazing on the farmer’s land.
The statement reads, “The investigation revealed that on the 24th of August, 2023, the suspect, armed with a stick and machete, mischievously invaded the victim’s farmland and destroyed the yet-to-be-ascertained value of crops.
“A disagreement ensued, in which the suspect stabbed the victim upon asking him to vacate his farmland. As a result, the victim’s left hand was chopped. The suspect drew his machete and chopped off the victim’s left hand.
“On receiving this report, the Area Commander, Metropolitan, swung into action and activated more preventive measures to avert circumstances that may result in a herder-farmer clash in the area and equally directed the arrest of the suspect,” Wakil stated.
The command’s spokesperson, however, said the victim has been rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, for medical attention, and he is responding to treatment.
