The community of Unguwar Dadin Kowa in Ningi Local Government of Bauchi State was thrown into mourning following the death of a 14-year- old, Mohammed Salisu Haruna, who committed suicide by hanging himself yesterday.
The victim’s corpse, which was recovered inside his room, was said to have been deposited at the General hospital Ningi after he was certified dead.
Though some residents told The Nation that Haruna may have resorted to suicide following a disagreement he had with his father, Haruna Shuaibu, 38; the father in his written statement to the police, however, alleged that his son had been battling mental illness.
Confirming the incident, Spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Ahmad Mohammed Wakil in a phone interview with The Nation, said,” On the 18 February at about 00 hours, one Haruna Shuaibu, 38 reported at the Divisional Police headquarters in Ningi, that his son by name Mohammed Salisu Haruna, hanged himself at an uncompleted building in his house.”
He added that the State Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda, has directed discrete investigation into the causes of the boy’s death.
In another development, the Police in Bogoro LGA are on the trail of a 70-year-old man popularly known as ‘Zimbabwe’ for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.
Information has it that the man who is a resident of Kurmin Boi village of Bogoro LGA raped the girl who is an SS2 student of one of the secondary schools in the area.
According to a personnel of the JTF in the area, Kabir Garba, “Zimbabwe is now at large after he committed the offense and aware that the Police and other security operatives are now after him.”