12-year-old boy’s eye plucked in Bauchi

Some unknown persons have plucked the eye of a 12-year-old boy, Najib Hussaini, in Kafin-Madaki, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this via a statement issued on Tuesday.

Wakil disclosed that Hussaini, an indigene of Kano State, was attending a quranic lesson (Almajiranci) in Kafin-Madaki when the incident occurred at about 2 p.m. at the Unguwar Yamma area of the state last Friday.

“It was revealed that two unknown people who came on a motorcycle lured the victim to a nearby house to assist them to call a lady.

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“They took the victim on their bike straight to an isolated area near Hanyar Gonar Wakili of the same village, where they stopped the motorcycle near a bushy area and forcefully plucked the right eye of the victim and consequently abandoned him in the pool of his blood.

“The victim managed to reach a point where he was sighted by some of his colleagues who rushed him to their teacher.

“The incident was reported to the Ganjuwa Divisional Police Headquarters. A discreet investigation commenced in earnest and the victim was rushed to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital Bauchi (ATBUTH),” the police spokesperson disclosed.

Wakil stated that the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, has ordered a discreet investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the incident.

Alhassan also appealed to the people of the state to always be security conscious and report strange people and suspicious movements in their communities.

The Star