Four people have been arrested for allegedly torturing a suspected watermelon thief to death in Bauchi State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this on Friday in a statement made available to journalists.
Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said, “On March 29, 2023, around 10am, one Ado Sanya , of Dallaji village, Tudun Wada ward, Warji LGA, reported at Warji Divisional Police Headquarters that on the same date, around 1.20am, one Ibrahim Hashimu criminally trespassed into the farmland of one Mohammed Garba, of the same address and stole some watermelons.
“On receiving the report, a team of detectives was quickly drafted to the scene and evacuated the victim to Warji General Hospital for medical attention, from where they were referred to the Cottage Hospital, Gwaram LGA, Jigawa State, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.
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