Jigawa State Police Command says it has begun investigation into the circumstances around the headless corpse of a teenager found on the side of the road in Jikas-Dabaja village of Gwaram local government area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Lawan Shiisu, made this known in a statement in Dutse.
Shiisu said the teenager’s corpse was found at the scene of the incident at about 9 p.m., on Wednesday.
“On Wednesday at about 2200hrs, the Divisional Police Headquarters Gwaram informed us about a corpse in Jikas-Dabaja village, Gwaram LGA.
“A team of policemen rushed to the scene and on arrival, they discovered a headless corpse. The corpse also had his private parts removed.
“The corpse was later identified as that of a 14-year-old Almajiri, who went missing two years earlier,” Shiisu said.
According to him, the victim’s relatives were contacted after being certified dead by a medical doctor on call.
”The remains were released to them for burial.
”Investigations are ongoing with a view to apprehending the perpetrators,” he added.
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