Saturday, March 30, 2024 –A 15-year-old boy, Adamu Isa, son of a retired police officer, has been
stabbed to death by his friend, Abubakar Isa,15, in Ningi Local Government Area
of Bauchi State.
The incident occurred on March 27, 2024, barely two days after a
16-year-old boy stabbed a 25-year-old man to death in another town in the
state.
It was gathered that there was a heated argument between a group of
friends in the NEPA area of Ningi, leading to a quarrel between the two
teenagers.
In the process, the suspect drew out his knife and stabbed the deceased
in the neck, close to the throat, leading to his immediate death even before
getting to the hospital.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakili, who confirmed the
incident in a statement on Friday, expressed concern over the spate of violent
killings among teenagers and youths in the state.
“On the 27th of March 2024, at about 1701 hrs, the Ningi Police Division
received a distress call from a retired DSP Kasuwa Isa who resides behind the
INEC office in Ningi,” the PPRO said.
"He reported that his son, 15-year-old Adamu Isa, was stabbed with
a knife on his neck by one Abubakar Isah, who is also 15 years old and lives
behind the NEPA office in Ningi.
“On receiving the complaint, the DPO of Ningi Division led a team of
detectives to the scene of the incident and evacuated the victim to the General
Hospital in Ningi, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.”
The PPRO added that presently, the suspect, Abubakar Isa, has been
arrested and is in police custody pending an investigation into the issue.
He said said that the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed, on
receiving the information, directed the Area Commander in Ningi as well as the
DPO to make frantic efforts to unravel the circumstances leading to the
killing, just as he ordered a postmortem of the body of the deceased.
While a full investigation is ongoing, the command called for more
vigilance among guardians on the need to safeguard the lives of their wards,
considering the rampant cases of violence among youth these days.
“The Command is regretting that this is the second case within a few
days when similar things happened in the state, a development that it says
called for an urgent collective effort by all stakeholders,” he added.
"The Command is not happy with the development, as young people are
finding themselves in a very uncompromising situation of a little altercation
that is leading to their death.”
The Command condoled with the family of the victim, praying Allah to
grant them the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
The Commissioner of Police urged members of the public to continue to
support the police.
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