The Jigawa State Police Command has apprehended a 45-year-old teacher, Musa Wada, for the brutal murder of his 14-year-old Almajiri student, Bashir Adamu.
According to the police, the suspect allegedly beheaded the teenager and mutilated his genitals in an attempt to mislead the public into believing the crime was a ritual killing.
Confirming the arrest in a statement released on Saturday, police spokesperson SP Lawan Shiisu stated that detectives detained Wada following a tip-off.
Shiisu disclosed that during interrogation, the suspect admitted that Bashir Adamu died while being punished for absenteeism from school. In an effort to cover up the incident, he decided to behead the victim and cut off his genitals.
“The suspect confessed that the deceased collapsed and died while serving punishment. To divert attention, he mutilated the body to create the impression that it was a ritual killing,” SP Shiisu stated.
The statement read: “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 his absence, the student failed to provide a satisfactory response, leading the suspect to punish him.”
Shiisu explained that during the punishment, Bashir lost consciousness and passed away.
In an attempt to deceive the public into believing that ritualists were responsible, the suspect decided to cut off the victim’s head and genital organs.
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“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 indicated that a beheaded body with no genital organs was discovered by the roadside along Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA, already in a state of decomposition.”
Shiisu further stated that the corpse was later identified as Bashir Adamu, a student (Almajiri) of Mal. Musa Wada.
“Upon completion of the investigation, the suspect will be arraigned before the court to face the full wrath of the law,” Shiisu added.
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