‘How my son’s private part was removed’

The father of a 12 year old boy, whose private part was allegedly removed, yesterday spoke on how the incident occurred.

Mallam Halilu Liman, who hails from Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State said on January 3, 2012, his neighbour’s son called Tukur Iliyasu,  asked his son, Ayuba, to accompany him to a nearby bush to fetch firewood.

Liman added that on their way to the bush, his son stepped on a thorn and requested Tukur to help him remove it, but that instead of helping him, Tukur brought out a sharp knife and removed his son’s private part, and cut his throat.

He said, thinking that the boy had died, Tukur fled to an unknown destination.

“But my son managed and crawled home where he narrated what happened”, he said.

Liman further said that the matter was reported to the Divisional Police Officer of Yalwa, who assigned a policeman to take the victim to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi, from where he was transferred to the Federal Medical Center, Gombe, where he is receiving treatment.

He said the DPO of Yalwa Division invited the father of the suspect, who resides in a village called Sabon Garin Gikar in Alkaleri Local Government, and ordered him to bring his son, but that up till now, he has not been able to produce his son.

Speaking on the matter, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Hassan Mohammed Auyo, said the police have done a lot to save the life of the boy.