13-year-old boy ‘stabs man to death over refusal to pay for sugarcane’ in Borno

The police command in Borno says it has arrested one 13-year-old boy identified as Abdullahi Sanusi for the alleged murder of a 19-year-old man over refusal to pay for sugarcane.

According to the police, the victim, on Wednesday, “forcefully” took the suspect’s sugarcane without payment, and when the former asked for money, he started beating him.

The police said the suspect used the knife, which he was using to cut sugarcane to stab the neck of the victim, identified as Mohammed Abdullahi.

In a press briefing on Friday, Abdul Umar, Borno police commissioner, said the victim died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).

“On the same date (19/01/2022) at about 1700hrs, one Abdullahi Sanusi ‘m’ 13 years of the same address used a sharp knife which he was using to cut sugar cane and stabbed one Mohammed Abdullahi ‘m’ 19 years on his neck at Mallawan in Gidan Dambe area,” the commissioner said.

“As a result, the victim sustained serious injury. He was rushed to UMTH for treatment but later died on the same date.

“The suspect alleged that the deceased forcefully took away his sugar cane and refused to pay and when the suspect demanded his money, the deceased started beating him as a result of which the suspect stabbed the victim with a knife.”

In another development, Umar also confirmed the arrest of Ahmad Umar Goni, SS2 student of Elkenemy College of Islamic Theology, for allegedly using a razor blade to slit the neck of Jubril Sadi Mato, a JSS1 student of the school.