A suspect identified as Muhammad Abdullahi, aka Luwawu, has been detained by the police in Bauchi State for reportedly severing the hand of a 25-year-old man and stabbing him in the head.
According to The PUNCH, this was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Friday.
He claimed that the suspect has been on the wanted list of the command for two years for thuggery and causing great harm. He claimed the suspect committed the crime alongside two others who are still at large.
He noticed that his good fortune ran ended when a police patrol squad stormed a black area in a Bauchi suburb and captured him.
The statement read, “On Saturday, July 22, 2023 at about 6.30pm, police operatives attached to ‘C’ Divisional Headquarters, while on a visibility policing patrol, identified and raided a black spot located at Sabon Layi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis which led to the arrest of one Muhammad Abdullahi, aka Luwawu, male, of the same address.
“He has been on the police watch list since 2021 for alleged criminal conspiracy, thuggery, causing grievous hurt and attempting to commit an offence to wit culpable homicide.
“Sometime in 2021, the suspect criminally conspired with Sani Danfada, male, Manu Maidawa and two others, now at large, all of the same address, while armed with machetes and other deadly weapons attacked and stabbed one Mubarak Abdullahi, male (25) of Unguwan Sarakuna area on his head and cut off his left hand from the Articulatio radiocarpalis.”
He noted that investigation revealed that the suspects committed the alleged offence, adding that Abdullahi confessed to committing the offence during interrogation.”
