By Kabir Dan-katsina, Birnin Kebbi
People of Illelar Yari (Old Prison) area in Birnin Kebbi Local Government in Kebbi State woke up in the early hours of Monday to a shocking news of the death of a Qur’anic school pupil, Salisu Hassan, 14, of the Hisbulrahim Talami’a Sheik Ibrahim Qur’anic School behind Old Prison.
Our reporter who rushed to the scene on Monday morning spoke with the father of the deceased, Hassan Abubakar Guraguri before the commencement of the funeral prayer.
According to him, his son, Salihu was stabbed to death around 6.00am by one Jame Jidda, 22, a neighbour of the school.
Father of the deceased said “Jume Jidda called my son, Salisu Hassan from the school under the pretence of sending him on an erand but, ended up in taking him to a hideout near the school and stabbed him with a sharp knife severally on his neck and left him lying in cold blood.”
“At around 7.00 am we received the sad news from other pupils in the school that his corpse was seen behind the school. We rushed to the scene and conveyed him to Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital where the doctors confirmed that him.”
Malam Hassan Guraguri further disclosed that the deceased body was taken back to the school where the funeral prayer was performed by Imam Muhammadu Nagujiya and was laid to rest at Birnin Kebbi main cemetery amidst thousand of sympathisers.
Spokesman of the Kebbi State Police Command, CPS Nafi’u Abubakar confirmed the tragic incident in a statement issued to journalists on Monday in Birnin Kebbi in which he said that the suspect, Jame Jidda has already been arrested by the police and being investigated.
