Investigation into the murder incident that
occurred in Adamawa state on Wednesday last
week has commenced as Detectives attached to
the homicide unit of the Adamawa State police
command are bent at unraveling the
circumstance that pushed a 24- year- old man to behead his boy of 5. The devious act occurred on Wednesday last week
in Ganji suburb of Gombi Local Government of
Adamawa State when one Baffa Alti, 24 and a
cattle rearer cunningly took his son, Buba to the
farm and beheaded him. The suspect had confessed during interrogation
that one Alhaji Sange Hassan, 63 had contracted
him to get a human head for him at the rate of N1
million. The 63-year-old village head had in reaction to
the allegation denied contracting the first suspect,
saying that he had no business with a child who
is not of his ‘age mate’. ”I didn’t direct him (first suspect) to commit such
ugly act. In fact, I was shocked when he pointed
at me, that I directed him to commit the crime,”
He claimed. While parading the suspects before newsmen in
Yola, the Command’s imagemaker, DSP
Muhammed Ibrahim, confirmed that the gory
incident occurred on July 24, in Ganji village. The police boss said, Alti Alhaji, father of the first
suspect, reported the case to the Gombi Police
Divisional Headquarters that the suspect took his
son (Alhaji’s grandson), to a bush, but could not
return with him. According to him, when Alhaji asked the suspect
of his son’s whereabouts, he replied that the
deceased was on his way home. ”After a while, the grandfather and some
members of the family went to the bush to find
out what exactly happened. ”It was after searching the nearby bush that they
discovered the dead body of the boy, which had
been beheaded and dumped in the bush,”
Ibrahim said. He said when arrested, the suspect confessed that
he committed the crime. ”When interrogated, he confessed and pointed at
a village head as the one who directed him to
bring a fresh human head, at a cost of one million
naira,” Ibrahim further revealed. He said the two suspects were currently in police
custody for further investigation. Fielding questions from newsmen, the first
suspect claimed that the District Head asked him
to bring a fresh human skull for the sum of N1m. Also speaking, the 63-year-old village head,
denied the allegation leveled on him by first
suspect, saying that he had no business with a
child who is no his ‘age mate’. ”I didn’t direct him (first suspect) to commit such
ugly act. In fact, I was shocked when he pointed
at me, that I directed him to commit the crime,”
He claimed.
occurred in Adamawa state on Wednesday last
week has commenced as Detectives attached to
the homicide unit of the Adamawa State police
command are bent at unraveling the
circumstance that pushed a 24- year- old man to behead his boy of 5. The devious act occurred on Wednesday last week
in Ganji suburb of Gombi Local Government of
Adamawa State when one Baffa Alti, 24 and a
cattle rearer cunningly took his son, Buba to the
farm and beheaded him. The suspect had confessed during interrogation
that one Alhaji Sange Hassan, 63 had contracted
him to get a human head for him at the rate of N1
million. The 63-year-old village head had in reaction to
the allegation denied contracting the first suspect,
saying that he had no business with a child who
is not of his ‘age mate’. ”I didn’t direct him (first suspect) to commit such
ugly act. In fact, I was shocked when he pointed
at me, that I directed him to commit the crime,”
He claimed. While parading the suspects before newsmen in
Yola, the Command’s imagemaker, DSP
Muhammed Ibrahim, confirmed that the gory
incident occurred on July 24, in Ganji village. The police boss said, Alti Alhaji, father of the first
suspect, reported the case to the Gombi Police
Divisional Headquarters that the suspect took his
son (Alhaji’s grandson), to a bush, but could not
return with him. According to him, when Alhaji asked the suspect
of his son’s whereabouts, he replied that the
deceased was on his way home. ”After a while, the grandfather and some
members of the family went to the bush to find
out what exactly happened. ”It was after searching the nearby bush that they
discovered the dead body of the boy, which had
been beheaded and dumped in the bush,”
Ibrahim said. He said when arrested, the suspect confessed that
he committed the crime. ”When interrogated, he confessed and pointed at
a village head as the one who directed him to
bring a fresh human head, at a cost of one million
naira,” Ibrahim further revealed. He said the two suspects were currently in police
custody for further investigation. Fielding questions from newsmen, the first
suspect claimed that the District Head asked him
to bring a fresh human skull for the sum of N1m. Also speaking, the 63-year-old village head,
denied the allegation leveled on him by first
suspect, saying that he had no business with a
child who is no his ‘age mate’. ”I didn’t direct him (first suspect) to commit such
ugly act. In fact, I was shocked when he pointed
at me, that I directed him to commit the crime,”
He claimed.
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