Assembly Decries Menace of Crime
From Segun Awofadeji in Bauchi
Bauchi State House of Assembly has condemned the frequent attacks on innocent persons and ritual killings in various parts of the State, despite renewed efforts by the police to make the state crime-free.
Speaking under matters of public importance, a member of the House, Hon. Isa Tilde said there was an armed robbery incident where a man was killed in constituency.
Following this, the House observed that during the last two weeks, reports from different parts of the local government areas indicated that nefarious activities by criminals were on the increase in the state.
As the lawmakers took turns to narrate how the activities of armed robbers and ritualists have impacted negatively in their various constituencies, the Speaker of the House, Hon. Tnako Jalam called on the people to indulge in prayers for divine intervention.
The Speaker, who said the House could no longer fold its arms and watch while the state is placed under siege by criminals, directed the House committee on security and that of judiciary to meet the commissioner of police with a view to finding lasting solutions to the menace.
Meanwhile, the state police command has arrested a group of armed bandits that have been terrorizing Azare and the neighbouring towns, as part of effort to eradicate crime in the state.
At a press briefing, the state Police Commissioner, Alhaji Mukhtar Abbas said the group was responsible for the robbery attack on one Alhaji Mohammed Tukur Kasuwa Kaji who was robbed of the sum of N480,000.
Abbas said the group numbering about three headed by one Shema John visited the home of Tukur and threatened to kill him after parting with the money but were unlucky when the leader of the gang was arrested and who subsequently led the police to their hideout.
The Police also paraded four suspects in connection with the ritual murder of one Habiba of Inkil village, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
It would be recalled that the police recently discovered the body of the deceased where her stomach was sliced open and her kidney and other parts missing.
The commissioner said the prepetrator of the act was a Secondary School Student in JSS 2 named Shehu Judi of Inkil village, who asked the three other suspects to produce human kidney for a large sum of money.
Abbas said although Musa Ahmed was arrested immediately the incident occured, he however, claimed that it was Awwal Abdulhamid that committed the crime.
He added that Shehu Judi, the leader of the crime had in his possession two vehicles, one scooter bike, six plots of land and electronic gadgets.
Investigations on the matter, the commissioner noted, was in progress.
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