It was Garba Abdullahi’s 35-year-old younger brother who took the news to the police. According to the Bauchi State Police Command, he reported the incident at the Gadau Divisional Police Headquarters at about 12:35pm on Tuesday.
Abdullahi, a 45-year-old farmer, had been attacked at about 11:40am while returning from his farm in Dunari Village, Atahowa District, Bauchi State.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Habib said police operatives rushed to the scene after receiving the report and took Abdullahi to the General Hospital, Azare, for medical attention.
‘The victim was later confirmed dead by a medical doctor, while the corpse was released to relatives for burial,’ Habib added.
Police said four men attacked Abdullahi because they blamed him for the illness of one Sawaida Dahiru.
Habib described what the suspects allegedly did: ‘The suspects, identified as Shitu Dahiru, 25 years old; Magaji Dahiru, 42 years old; Sabi’u Auwalu, 20 years old; and Abbah Abdulzahar, 19 years old, all males and of the same address, allegedly stabbed and macheted the victim on various parts of his body, leaving him unconscious,' he said.
The PPRO said all four suspects had been arrested.
The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Bauchi, for further investigation and prosecution.
Reacting to the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, condemned the killing and warned residents against taking the law into their own hands.
The statement quoted Aliyu as decrying ‘the increasing cases of jungle justice and self-help predicated on superstitious beliefs.’
He warned that ‘no one has the right to take the life of another under any guise.’
The command reassured residents of its commitment to protecting lives and property, and urged them to provide timely and credible information to the police.
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