A 55 year old man, Hamidu Umar, of Yola South Local Government Area, Adamawa state and 3 others have been accused of beating up a 28 year old, Adamu Ahmadu, to death.
Late Adamu, the son of security guard of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corperation(ABC), Yola was earlier accused by Hamidu, son of the deposed Ward Head of Damare, Yola South LGA of stealing his mobile phone on the 22nd January, 2022.
The deceased flatly denied stealing the handset to the extend of collecting his master's phone number where he called the line in the phone for about 15 times without anybody picking it.
Hamidu, along side Faisal and Nahau took the father of 1 to an uncompleted building near polo ground by 5:30 pm on that fateful day and violently beat him up with wood and broken blocks.
It was as a result of the beating that the victim had 2 fractures on his left hand, broken bone on the right hand and serious injuries on his head as well as other parts of his body.
While beating their victim, one other person simply identified as Sholle Manas, met other accused persons at the scene of the crime, and was there and then instructed by Hamidu to join them in beating his thief.
Hamidu, ordered other accused persons to even kill Adamu, his boy if he will not produce the said handset.
It was a young lady who rushed and alarted the new Ward Head of Damare, Sahabo Umar, who went and rescued the man from being killed on the spot and subsequently reported the matter at the Wuro Hausa police station.
But upon his return back home after beating up the deceased for allegedly carting away his handset, Hamidu found the said handset alleged to have been stolen on the sofa in his palour.
It was learnt that the victim was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre(FMC), Yola for medical attention but died on Sunday the 13th February, 2022 at their residence and buried Yestarday.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that 2 other accused persons including Faisal and Nahau are currently at large, and that the police are doing everything possible to apprehend them for prosecution.
Earlier, when arraigned before Chief Magistrate Court Yola town, on the 2nd February, 2022, for criminal conspiracy and causing grievious hurt, the 1st defendant, Hamidu Umar, pleaded not guilty, while the 2nd defendant, Sholle Manas, pleaded guilty.
Thereafter, the matter was adjourned to Tuesday the 15th February, 2022, for hearing in the case of 1st defendant and summary trial of the 2 defendant who had already pleaded guilty to the offences.
Likewise, on the the day of arraignment, the 2nd defendant had confessed that he met the 1st defendant and 2 others beating the deceased, and that he was instructed by the 1st defendant to join them in beating their victim.
When the defendants appeared in court today as adjourned, the prosecutor, Inspector Abubakar Isa, applied for the withrawal of the First Information Report (FIR) earlier tendered in court.
Inspector Isa, told the court that it became necessary for the prosecution to withdraw the FIR because the defendant is dead.
He explained that the withdrawal of the FIR is to enable them transfer the case to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the state police command for further investigation and change of charges.
He informed the court that after investigation by the department, the accused persons will be properly arraigned before court of competent jurisdiction for trial.
Both defendants could not object to the application filed by the prosecution to withdraw the FIR when asked by the judge, Chief Magistrate Dimas Elishama Gwamu.
Ruling, Chief Magistrate Dimas, granted the application filed by the prosecutor, to withdraw the FIR earlier presented as a result of the death of the primary complainant and consequently struck out the case.
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