The police in Kano State have arrested an ‘Almajiri’ school teacher, Ma’aruf Muhammad, of Garbi Quarters, Nguru Local Government Area of Yobe State for allegedly torturing eight years old Muhammad Garba.
It was gathered the teacher usually stripped the minor before using a USB cable to violently flog him across his back.
The boy’s 65-year old grandmother, Talle Muhammad, who brought him to the teacher, was also arrested for alleged complicity in the case.
The boy’s father was equally arrested.
Police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said the police acted on a report from the Managing Director of Kano State Agency for Evacuation and Repatriation of Beggars that one Mallam Usaini Uba of Kofar Na’isa Quarters, Kano, had brought the victim to the agency.
Uba said he spotted the boy in tears roaming around a culvert at Kofar Mata Quarters Kano. He said he observed marks all over his body which made him suspect he was a victim of torture.
Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, instructed a team of detectives led by SP Umar Sa’id Abdullahi to carry out an investigation, which led to the arrest of the suspects, Kiyawa said.
The boy was taken to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where he was treated.
Police said the suspects will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.
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