Mallam Yahaya Buba, the 42-year-old accused person who tied the hands of his 21-year-old nephew Mohammed Adamu has committed to providing limitless support to the victim whose arms were amputated.

Adamu’s arms became numb, having been tied for hours, a situation which deprived free blood circulation from his other parts of the body to the arms, thus causing the bodily harm.

Earlier, Buba, who is Adamu’s uncle, had accused his nephew, Adamu, of stealing his son’s phone.

Buba, who is a farmer and grassroots mobiliser, blamed the eventual amputation to work of devil, alleging that Adamu had a history of stealing.

Narrating the incident, the accussed explained thus, “I’m a farmer from Sambo Daje in kashere, Pindiga Emirate, Akko Local Government. I plant mostly maize and beans, which I cultivate. I have 10 children, but two are dead presently. So, I  have eight children left and one wife.

“Adamu is my elder brother’s son. It was the work of the devil. It wasn’t a planned work or intentional of me to disfigure my nephew.

“He (Adamu) is in the habit of breaking into people’s houses to burgle their homes, stealing  items. He brings to the house all sorts of items, like goats, cows, and farm produce.

“Whenever he steals from the farm produce for example, if it is one bag that he stole from someone, he will now set fire on the rest of the farm produce and whenever he is caught and they report him to me, I usually beg for his forgiveness for the people to leave him for me to be disciplined,” Buba stated

Commenting on why he chose to tie his arms as punishment, Buba blamed himself for taking the laws into his hands  “The boy stole my biological son’s phone and he was caught by another person and was brought home, then we tied him up at home around 1:30pm and left for jummat prayers.

We left the boy tied up at home. The mistake I made was when the boy was brought to me, I took laws into my  own hands instead of me to look for the right channel to handle the boy,” he blamed himself.

Speaking further on the sort of punishments meted on Adamu, Buba said, “Initially, I intended to untie him before leaving for prayers but because I have doubts that the boy will run away that was why I left him tied up around 1:30 pm and I untied him around 2:15 pm that same day. My plan was to take him to Kashere Police Division, but I couldn’t do that because i was angry and, at the same time, rushing out for prayers.

While lauding the efforts of the  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel for stepping into the matter.

Buba said he also blamed his brother, who is Adamu’s father, for the turnout of events, even as he accused him of squandering the money paid for his son’s treatment.

“The victim’s (Adamu), parents after hearing what happened to their son,  reported the case to the office of the Civil Defence seeking justice for their son and that I must be penalised. But upon reaching the office, I was asked to first pay N30,000 for the boy’s treatment and to sign an undertaken that I will take responsibility for whatever will happen to the boy in the future.

“I paid the money, and my brother (Adamu’s father) collected the money and went away, and i still continued paying for the boy’s treatment even after paying the initial N30,000.Related News

“I wish to thank the NSCDC for weighing into the matter. Although they are charging me alongside the state but they tried immensely to remedy the case.

“Perhaps If they had been involved earlier, we may not have amputated the arms. They have ensured the child’s well-being, signed all necessary papers to ensure the boy gets good treatment prior to now when I was providing the money for his treatment but Adamu’s father will squander it and the boy would be left alone,” Buba stated.

Continuing, he stressed, “However, with the NSCDC’s involvement, they have ensured that Adamu got the best medical support,” he added.

Adamu, who denied his uncle’s allegation, said he doesn’t have a history of stealing.

 “I think my uncle doesn’t just like me. I wasn’t even around the day the phone was stolen,” he defended himself.

When contacted, Adamu’s father, Tela Daji, denied Buba’s allegations that he squandered the money provided for his son’s treatment.

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