Mentally Sick Man Beheaded in Kano

A mentally ill man, 43, simply identified as Auwalu Magaji, was last week Saturday beheaded by unknown persons at a makeshift (Mai shayi joint) at Tamburawa, Kura Local Government Area at the outskirts of Kano metropolis.

According to our source, Haladu Gundutse Mohammed, who is a night guard within the area, said he, alongside others, found the headless body at a Mai Shayi makeshift joint at about 6 a.m. when the gate of the enclave was usually opened for the day's business.

 ''On February 3, 2018, workers, tea sellers and others within the local community woke up that sad day to be confronted with the headless body of Auwalu.

“Dumbfounded, over the strange discovery, residents hurriedly reported the sad incident to the Kura Police Division and the council leadership,'' he said.

Thereafter, our source said Kura council officials rushed to the scene with a Toyota Hilux, and met the headless body which was still dripping with blood, and conveyed the remains to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital where it was deposited at the mortuary.

Also, he said the police at the Kura Division had since commenced investigation to unravel the mystery behind the murder, whose head could not be found, suggesting that his assailants must have escaped with the head for ritual purposes.

Furthermore, according to the source, the assailants dragged the headless body of the insane man to a river bank within the vicinity where tippers load sand, and dumped his body without the head.

Meanwhile, it was also learnt that following a local radio announcement, the mentally deranged man's body had been claimed by his relatives, who came from Kazaure, Jigawa State, where Awalu relocated to Kano about two years ago.

When vontacted, spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, DSP Musa Magaji Majiya, who confirmed the murder, said a crack police detective team which was dispatched to the scene had since commenced investigation so as to arrest and bring the perpetrators to book.