Police in Northwest, Nigeria have arrested an Islamic Teacher over the gruesome murder of his 14 years old student.
The teacher, Musa Wada (45 years) of Jigawa State, decapitated Bashir Adamu and chopped off his male reproductive organs confirmed by the spokesperson of Jigawa Police Command, SP Lawan Shiisu.
In his confession, the teacher stated that the deceased died while serving punishment for escaping classes, so, to conceal his death decided to behead and cut off the victim’s head and genitals to make it look like a case of ritualists.
“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 gruesome 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.
“In the process, Bashir lost consciousness and passed away. While attempting to deceive the public into believing that ritualists had killed Bashir, he decided to cut off his head and genital organs.
“He added that the removed head and genital organs were buried in his farmland.