A man has reportedly been beaten to death in Bauchi State for allegedly stealing seven pieces of watermelon valued at N2,000 in Dallaji village, Warji Local Government Area.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the victim, identified as Ibrahim Hashimu, reportedly trespassed into a farm belonging to one Mohammed Garba to take the fruits when the farm owner and some others caught him in the act. They beat him with sticks, causing him to sustain an internal injury that eventually led to his demise.
The Bauchi State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, confirmed the incident in a press release he signed and shared with this newspaper. The PPRO added that the police have apprehended the perpetrators of the crime.
According to Wakil, preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects conspired to beat Hashimu to death after catching him stealing the watermelons. The police spokesperson cautioned against taking the law into one’s hands, adding that the suspects would face the full weight of the law for their actions.
“On the 29th March 2023 at about 1000hrs, Ado Sanya ‘m’ aged 40yrs of Dallaji village Tudun Wada ward Warji LGA, reported at Warji Divisional Police Headquarters that on the same date at about 0120hrs one Ibrahim Hashimu ‘m’ criminally trespass into the farmland of one Mohammed Garba ‘M’ of the same address and stole some watermelon.
“On receiving the report, a team of detectives were quickly drafted to the scene and evacuated the victim to General Hospital Warji for medical attention and referred them to Cottage Hospital Gwaram LGA, Jigawa State, where he was certified dead by the medical doctor,” the PPRO said.
