A 45-year-old teacher in Jigawa State, Musa Wada, has confessed to beheading and mutilating his 14-year-old Almajiri student, Bashir Adamu, in an attempt to mislead the public into believing the boy was killed by ritualists.
The spokesperson of the Jigawa State Police Command, SP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest, stating that detectives apprehended the suspect following a tip-off.
“On 13/03/2025 at about 1530hrs, one Mal. Musa Wada ‘m’ age 45yrs of Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA, was arrested in connection with the gruesome killing of his pupil (Almajiri), one Bashir Adamu,” SP Shiisu said.
According to the police, Wada confessed that Bashir lost his life while being punished for repeated absenteeism from school. In an attempt to cover up the incident, the teacher beheaded the boy and cut off his genital organs to make it appear as a ritual killing.
“In the process, Bashir lost consciousness and passed away. While attempting to deceive the public into believing that ritualists had killed Bashir, he decided to cut off his head and genital organs. He added that the removed body parts were buried in his farmland,” SP Shiisu stated.
Authorities were first alerted to the crime on 12/03/2025 at about 2200hrs, when the decomposing, beheaded body of the victim was discovered by the roadside near Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA.
“The corpse was later identified as Bashir Adamu, a student (Almajiri) of one Mal Musa Wada. Upon completion of the investigation, the suspect will be arraigned before the court to face the full wrath of the law,” SP Shiisu added.
