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The Police Command in Jigsaw state has arrested 45-year-old teacher,Musa Wada, for allegedly beheading and cutting off the genital organs of his 14-year-old Almajiri student, Bashir Adamu.
The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the Police Command in the state, SP. Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in Dutse, adding that the suspect was arrested by detectives, following a tip-off.
He added that upon interrogation, the teacher confessed that the deceased died while serving punishment he meted to him for his absenteeism from school.
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According to the suspect,he beheaded and cut off the victim’s head and genitals to deceive the public into believing that the teenage boy was killed by a ritualist.
SP. Shiisu said;”On 13/03/2025 at about 1530hrs, one Mal. Musa Wada ‘m’ age 45yrs of Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA, was arrested in connection with the gruesome killing of his pupil (Almajiri), one Bashir Adamu.
“Following a tip-off, detectives attached to the Gwaram Division successfully arrested the suspect.
“On interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department Dutse, the suspect confessed that, the late Bashir Adamu was his student but refused to come to school.
The suspect further told the police that when he questioned the deceased about the reason for his absence, he failed to provide a satisfactory response; hence he decided to punish him.
“In the process, Bashir lost consciousness and passed away. While attempting to deceive the public into believing that ritualists had killed Bashir, he decided to cut off his head and genital organs.
“He added that the removed head and genital organs were buried in his farmland.
“Recall that, on 12/03/2025 at about 2200hrs, information from Divisional Police Headquarters Gwaram, noted that beheaded body with no genital organs was sighted by the roadside along Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA which already started decomposing.
“The corpse was later identified as Bashir Adamu, a student (Almajiri) of one Mal Musa Wada.
“Upon completion of investigation, the suspect will be arraigned before the court to face the full wrath of the law.”
