Teacher Caught Beh£ading Teenage Pupil, Removing His Geπitals
Nigerian police, The Jigawa State Command has arrested a 45-year-old teacher, Musa Wada, over the grues0me murder of his 14-year-old Almajiri student, Bashir Adamu.
The suspect allegedly beh£aded the teenager and muti|ated his geπitals in a bid to mislead the public into believing the killing was a ritua| attack, according to the Jigawa State Police Command.
Confirming the arrest in a statement released on Saturday , police spokesperson, SP Lawan Shiisu, said the detectives apprehended Wada following a tip-off.
Shiisu noted that during interrogation, the suspect admitted that Bashir Adamu died while being punished for absenteeism from school.
In an attempt to cover up the incident, he decided to behead the victim and cut off his genitals.
“The suspect confessed that the deceased collapsed and died while serving punishment. To divert attention, he muti|ated the body to create the impression that it was a ritua| kil|ing,” SP Shiisu stated.
The statement read, “On 13/03/2025 at about 1530hrs, one Mal. Musa Wada ‘m’ age 45yrs of Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA, was arrested in connection with the grue§ome killing of his pupil (Almajiri), one Bashir Adamu.
“Following a tip-off, detectives attached to the Gwaram Division successfully arrested the suspect.
“On interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department Dutse, the suspect confessed that, the late Bashir Adamu was his student but refused to come to school; when he questioned him about the reason for his absence, he failed to provide a satisfactory response; as a result, he decided to punish him.”
Shiisu explained that in the process, Bashir lost consciousness and passed away.
While attempting to deceive the public into believing that ritua|ists had killed Bashir, he decided to cut off his head and geπital organs.
“He added that the removed head and geπital organs were buried in his farmland.
“Recalled that, on 12/03/2025 at about 2200hrs, information from Divisional Police Headquarters Gwaram, noted that, beh£aded body with no geπital organs was sighted by the roadside along Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA which already started decomposing.”
He said that the corpse was later identified as Bashir Adamu, a student (Almajiri) of one Mal Musa Wada.
“Upon completion of investigation, the suspect will be arraigned before the court to face the full wrath of the law,” Shiisu added.
