A 45-year-old teacher identified as Musa Wada has been nabbed in Jigawa State in connection with beheading and cutting off the genital organs of his 14-year-old Almajiri student, Bashir Adamu.

Confirming the development, the spokesperson of Jigawa Police Command, SP Lawan Shiisu, said the suspect was arrested by detectives following a tip-off.

SP Shiisu said upon interrogation, the teacher confessed that the deceased died while serving punishment for his absenteeism from school but he decided to behead and cut off the victim’s head and genitals to deceive the public into believing that the teenage boy was killed by a ritualist.

“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.

“Following a tip-off, detectives attached to the Gwaram Division successfully arrested the suspect.

“On interrogation at the State Criminal Investigation Department Dutse, the suspect confessed that, the late Bashir Adamu was his student but refused to come to school; when he questioned him about the reason for his absence, he failed to provide a satisfactory response; as a result, he decided to punish him.

“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 head and genital organs were buried in his farmland.

“On 12/03/2025 at about 2200hrs, information from Divisional Police Headquarters Gwaram, noted that a beheaded body with no genital organs was sighted by the roadside along Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA which already started decomposing.

“The corpse was later identified as Bashir Adamu, a student (Almajiri) of one Mal Musa Wada.

“Upon completion of investigation, the suspect will be arraigned before the court to face the full wrath of the law,” Shiisu added.

There are statutory reasons to suggest that a Lagos-based member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ushie Uguamaye, might have her service year extended by 30 days with half pay as punishment for criticising the administration of President Bola Tinubu, a conduct adjudged as a violation of the NYSC Bye Laws (Revised 2011).

Recently, Uguamaye, known on TikTok as @talktoraye, shared a video in which she called out the Tinubu administration over the economic hardship Nigerians have faced since it was sworn-in.

In another TikTok video, the young lady claimed that she was threatened on the phone by an official of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the video criticising the president.

She also shared a screenshot of a message allegedly received from NYSC officials summoning her to report to the Eti-Osa Local Government office on Monday.

According to Uguamaye, she fears for her life because she has also been receiving threats from anonymous persons after her video went viral.

The first video shared by Uguamaye may have contravened the NYSC Bye-Laws (Revised 2011), the section which says corps members are “not be rude to constituted authority” during primary assignments.

It reads: “Any member who is rude to constituted authority shall be tried by the Corps Disciplinary Committee and, if found guilty, be liable to extension of service for a period not less than thirty (30) days with half pay.”

Meanwhile, no official statement from NYSC has been received yet.

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