A group of teenagers have attacked and killed a resident of Utako village in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
27-year-old Alhassan Musa was killed at about 7pm last Thursday,
January 23 by the young boys when he attempted to settle a quarrel
between them.
The teenage boys were said to have made the habit of terrorizing
residents of the area and raping young girls in a nearby primary school.
READ THE DECEASED ELDER BROTHER'S STORY AFTER THE CUT
The elder brother of the deceased, Usman Musa, who witnessed the
incident, said trouble started when he left his room with his younger
brother, the deceased, to take air outside.
He said four teenage boys who may have laid ambush on the late
Alhassan pounced on him immediately he came out of the house, beating
and hitting him on the head with heavy weapons.
“Just like what my father said, Alhassan rebuked him for talking
back at the elders in the palace, saying he deserved to be punished for
insubordination and the boy was given six strokes of the whip in the
palace.
“I was surprised when I came outside my house and saw my younger
brother protecting his head with his hands while they were beating him
with sticks and other weapons. I made attempts to stop them from hitting
him on the head and as I approached one of the boys to ask him what was
wrong, instead of answering me, he attacked me with a dagger, but I was
fast enough to notice. I tried to hold him to draw the attention of our
neighbours to help us apprehend him.
“But he was very smart and fast so, he ran way. That was when I
remembered my brother and started looking for him, but it was too late
as they had already stabbed him and people who saw him being stabbed
rushed him to the hospital. At that point, I saw one of them and caught
him. That was the one we took to the police station and he is still in
police custody,” Usman narrated.
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