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A man identified as Muhammadu Ali has been shot dead in Bauchi State while testing a bulletproof charm.
It was gathered that a native
doctor tested the charm on the 43-year-old man and three others.
The deceased, a resident of
Damaiwa village via Bursali ward Zaki Local Government Area of the state, was
said to have gone to Damaiwa bush with the four people to test if a charm would
protect him against gunshots.
Sadly, when a locally-made gun
was shot at him to test the charm, it failed and he was killed in the process.
The spokesman of the state
police command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident in a statement made
available to newsmen.
He said that when the Police
received information about the incident, they rushed to the scene and evacuated
the victim to the hospital, but he was certified dead by a medical doctor.
According to him, two of the
suspects were immediately arrested while others who escaped are being hunted by
the police.
Wakil said, “On October 31,
2023, at about 8.30 am, information received from the officer-in-charge of the
Bursali Police Outstation under Zaki Division revealed that one Danladi Ya’u,
male (28) of Damaiwa village via Bursali ward Zaki LGA, Bauchi State, a native
doctor, and three other accomplices now at large, went to Damaiwa bush with the
sole aim to test a gun medicine on one Muhammadu Ali, male (43) of the same
address.
“While in the process, the said
Muhammadu Murtala was unfortunately (shot) with the locally made gun by the
said Danladi Ya’u (defendant).
“On receipt of the report, a
team of detectives led by DPO Zaki swiftly swung into action, rushed to the
scene, and evacuated the victim to General Hospital Jakusko Yobe State for
medical attention, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.
“Moreover, two suspects were
immediately arrested, and efforts have been intensified to trace and arrest the
fleeing accomplices. The investigation is ongoing, after which the defendants
will be charged in court.
“Consequently, the Commissioner
of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammad, assures the family, friends, and loved ones
of the deceased that the Command will remain neutral and ensure that justice is
manifested to both.”
Meanwhile, he added that an
armed robber who, alongside others, robbed the Bishop Moore Memorial School
Staff Quarters, belonging to the Bauchi Catholic Diocese, on November 4th, 2023
at about 4.30 a.m., was killed by a mob.
Wakil stated that operatives
attached to GRA Police Divisional Headquarters led by the Divisional Police
Officer in conjunction with local vigilantes swiftly responded to an armed
robbery incident at the Staff Quarters.
He said, “Upon arrival at the
scene, the suspects took to their heels to a nearby mountain. However, they
were pursued and arrested. The prompt response of the operatives prevented the
suspects from being lynched by a mob. One of the suspects was killed as a
result of the mob action.”
According to him, the
Commissioner of Police, while reacting to the ugly incident, frowned at the
action of the irate youths, “who, instead of taking the suspect to the police
for proper investigation and prosecution, mobbed him (the suspect) to death
without any recourse to the law.
“CP Auwal described the act as
barbaric and inimical to the law governing our dear country and warned youths
that the Command under his stewardship will not tolerate or allow some
recalcitrant in the society to take the laws into their hands by killing
suspects arrested for alleged crimes in such a dehumanizing and unlawful
manner.
“Nobody has the right to treat a suspect in such a brutal manner and it is wrong for anyone to assume the position of a law enforcement agency, suspect apprehended in connection with any crime should be immediately handed over to the police or any law enforcement agencies saddled with the responsibility of investigating and prosecuting such.”
The PPRO said the suspects
arrested are: Suleiman Adamu (19), Umar Abubakar (19), all males and residents
of Kandahar Area of the Bauchi metropolis.
He said that the investigation
revealed that the suspects specialized in breaking into students’ compounds
with dangerous weapons during dark hours in Wuntin Dada.
Waki said a confession from the
suspects revealed that they were all armed with cutlasses and sticks when they invaded
the students’ compound.
However, detectives recovered
two machetes, 18 mobile phones, two laptops, and three MP3 players from them.
He said that an investigation
into the incident is ongoing to arrest their accomplices and thereafter charge
them in court for prosecution.
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