Police arrest teenage herder for allegedly amputating farmer’s hand in Bauchi

<p>Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested 15-year-old Adamu Ibrahim of Jital village along Gombe road for allegedly amputating a farmer’s hand following a disagreement.</p>, <p>The suspect was said to have, on several occasions, trespassed into the victim’s farmland while rearing his cows, a development that did not go down well with the victim.</p>, <p>A statement by the command’s spokesman, SP Mohammed Wakil, on Saturday revealed that a series of complaints to the suspect’s father by the victim for intrusion into his rice farmland also proved abortive as the suspect continued grazing on the farmer’s land.</p>, <p>“The investigation revealed that on the 24th of August, 2023, the suspect, who was armed with a stick and machete, mischievously invaded the victim’s farmland and destroyed the yet-to-be-ascertained value of crops.</p>, <p>“A disagreement ensued, in the course of which the suspect stabbed the victim upon asking him to vacate his farmland. As a result, the victim’s left hand was chopped. The suspect drew his machete and chopped off the left hand of the victim.</p>, <p>“On receiving this report, the Area Commander, Metropolitan swung into action and activated more preventive measures to avert circumstances that may result in a herder-farmer clash in the area and equally directed the arrest of the suspect,” Wakil stated.</p>, <p>He added that the victim has been rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, for medical attention, and he is responding to treatment.</p>