16-year-old Boy Found Dead In Jigawa, With Eye Removed
Jigawa State Police Command said its operatives, on Friday, recovered the body of a 16-year old “Almajiri’’ boy in Kiyawa local government area of the state.
It said that the assailants gorged one of his eyes before.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who disclosed this on Friday, said that the Islamic knowledge teacher of the boy, Malam Muhammad Mustafa, reported the matter to the police.
The PPRO said, “The complainant reported that one of his students, aged 16, went to a nearby bush to fetch firewood at about 8 a.m. on Friday, but did not return home.
“The student was later found in a pool of his own blood with one of his eyes removed,’’ he stated.
Shiisu added that the boy was taken to Dutse General Hospital where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
He also informed that a manhunt had started for the assailants.
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