The police in Bauchi state have detained a 15-year-old kid merely named as Ibrahim for reportedly chopping off a farmer’s hand after an argument over the invasion and damage of the victim’s field at Gital village, along the Bauchi Gombe route.
According to SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the police command’s spokeswoman, Ibrahim had grazed his cows on the farmer’s land, destroying the crops. According to him, early investigations indicated that the suspect had often trespassed into the victim’s field while rearing his cows.
“The unfortunate incident followed a series of complaints to the suspect’s father by the victim for intrusion into his rice farmland by the suspect. Investigation revealed that on the 24th of August, 2023, the suspect who was 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 the course of which the suspect stabbed the victim upon asking him to vacate his farmland. As a result, the victim’s left hand was chopped off. The suspect drew his machete and chopped off the left hand of the victim” he said
Wakil said that on receiving the report, the Area Commander, Metropolitan, swung into action and activated more measures to avert recurrence in the area and directed the arrest of the suspect. He said the victim was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for medical attention and he was responding to treatment.
Wakil added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Mohammed, while warning people to steer clear from intrusion into farmlands in the state, directed that the suspect be charged to court upon completion of the discreet investigation.
