A 45-year-old teacher, Musa Wada has allegedly beheaded and cut off the genital organs of his 14-year-old student, Bashir Adamu in a ploy cover up his track after the victim died while serving punishment from Almajiri school in Jigawa State, was killed by suspected ritualists.
In a statement, SP Lawan Shiisu, the spokesperson for the Nigeria Police Command in Jigawa State, who confirmed the suspect’s arrest by detectives following a tip-off, stated that the victim was punished for refusing to come to school during Ramadan fasting.
Police said the tragedy struck at Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA where the victim’s body has already started decomposing after his organs had been removed by the suspect who will soon have his date in court.
The statement recalled that: “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; when he questioned him about the reason for his absence, he failed to provide a satisfactory response; as a result, 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.
“Recalled 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 on 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”, the statement said.
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