By Sabiu Abdullahi
Police in Kano State have taken a suspect into custody after the body of an unidentified man was discovered inside an abandoned house in the Badawa area of the state.
Residents said the victim, believed to be around 28 years old, had a severe neck injury which was suspected to have caused his death before assistance arrived.
According to a resident, Yusuf Da’u Ibrahim, the incident became known after a neighbour informed the ward head that a seriously injured man was lying inside a vacant building and required urgent attention.
He explained that security operatives responded quickly after receiving the report.
“Before emergency responders arrived, the police had already been informed. They quickly came to the scene, arrested a suspect and evacuated the body to the hospital,” Ibrahim said.
Ibrahim also stated that people in the area could not identify the deceased. He noted that the community had never experienced a similar incident before.
“We don’t know who the deceased is. This is the first time we have witnessed such a tragic incident in our community,” he said.
The spokesperson for the Kano State Police Command, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed that the matter would be investigated, although he said the command was still awaiting complete details about the case.
“I have not received the full report yet, but the command will investigate the matter to establish exactly what happened,” Kiyawa said.
