Three Local Hunters as well as a woman have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly torturing a 14 year old boy, Abobo Nasani, accused of stealing the sum of N21,000 only.
Abobo of Tasala community in Demsa Local Government Area was accused of carting away the money which belonged to a woman known as Ngularo Pemu of the same community.
The local hunters, Kanisi India, 35, Paul India, 25 and Dickson Hani ,30,along side the woman are now being investigated for pouring petrol and "ogogoro" on the minor while torturing/flogging him for the alleged crime.
Abobo who was tied on a tree, tortured as well as starved for 2 days, was said to have finally dumped by the road side in Demsa by the local security.
The security personnel allegedly kept flogging the minor while pouring petrol and local gin on his body for him to feel the pain and confess, but that the boy denied having stolen the money as a result of which the security agencies inflicted wounds on his body.
In the course of their investigation, the hunters tied the boy on a tree, poured petrol and "ogogoro" on his boy and flogged him mercilessly with a cable for him to open up on the whereabout of Mrs. Ngularo's money.
However, the hunters who confessed to maltreating the boy, said that the boy was brought to their office at Tasala for discreet investigation, and that their preliminary investigation revealed that the boy actually stole the money but refused to disclose where he had kept it.
Having woefully failed to recover the money from the boy, the gallant hunters transferred the case to their Local Government Headquarters in Demsa for further and proper investigation.
The boy was again tortured and starved for 2 days by the senior officers manning the LG Headquarters for him to confess but to no avail.
Failure to link Abobo with the crime, the officers allegedly took the boy and dumped him by the road side for whoever cares to pick as revealed by the boy's father, Marvelous Tunoh.
Earlier, Mrs. Ngularo who had her money carted away, fingered the boy; hence, her decision to report him to hunters for necessary action intead of police as required by law.
All the suspects who confessed to the crime while being interrogated by the Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, regretted their action and pleaded for mercy.
SP Nguroje who confirmed the arrest to NEWS PLATFORM, said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola after receiving a complaining on the matter, ordered the immediate arrest of the hunters.
SP Nguroje assured that the command will charge all the suspects to court for prosecution upon completion of investigation.
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