BREAKING: FULANI HERDSMEN BEHEAD PDP CHAIRMAN (PHOTO/DETAILS)
BREAKING:
FULANI HERDSMEN BEHEAD PDP CHAIRMAN (PHOTO/DETAILS)
Information reaching the PoliticsNGR
newsdesk on Friday morning reveals that Suspected Fulani herdsmen have beheaded
the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Bare ward in the Numan
Local Government Area, Adamawa State.
Mr. Charles Chrisanthus was reportedly killed in the
presence of his wife, Dorcas, in his farm on August 29, 2018.
Speaking in an interview with journalists, the widow, Dorcas
has accused the police of shielding the killers. SHe made the comment at the
State Criminal Investigation Department where she had gone to lodge her
complaint on Tuesday, Dorcas told Northern City News that only justice for her
slain husband would bring her peace.
She said she was holding her four-month-old son and watched
helplessly as the assailants hacked her husband to death.
“His attackers led by our Fulani neighbors repeatedly
stabbed him on the back and on his stomach before beheading my husband in our
farm and made away with his head, ” she said.
Claiming to have made some arrests, the police had invited
the widow of the slain ward chairman and three other female witnesses to the
state Criminal Investigation Department for their statements.
It was at the CID that the families of the deceased were
alerted to the whereabouts of the suspected killers.
The bereaved families, it was learned, discovered that some
of the suspects arrested in connection with the killing were receiving medical
attention at an undisclosed hospital.
Dorcas said she could identify her husband’ s killers ,
insisting that the police were shielding them from answering for their crime .
“The police under the guise of allowing the suspects to seek
medical attention are shielding those that killed my husband. The only thing I
want is justice, ” she stated.
A PDP youth leader in Bare ward , Tekas Adiel , explained
that the police earlier claimed that the Fulanis who perpetrated the killings
had fled the community, insisting that the same assailants carried out another
attack on Tuesday.
But the Police Public Relations officer in the state, Musa
Habibu , insisted that some of the alleged perpetrators of the crime were in
custody , adding that investigation into the incident was ongoing.
Asked about the suspects allegedly receiving medical
attention in a hospital , the spokesman simply retorted , “ A suspect has a
right to medical attention if he is sick . ”
He added , “ Some arrests have been made and those arrested
are in police custody . I have had consultations with the assistant
commissioner of police handling the issue who said arrest had been made . ”
“ But if they said one of those arrested is receiving
medical attention, a suspect has a right to medication if he ’ s truly sick ,
it could be but I don’ t have that information, ” Habibu said .
