The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested four people, comprising three male hunters and a woman for allegedly torturing a 14-year-old boy, Abobo Nasani, who they claimed stole N21,000.
The incident happened in Tasala community in the Demsa Local Government Area of the state.
The teenager was accused of taking the money which belonged to a woman, Ngularo Pemu, of the same community.
It was gathered that the hunters were involved in the matter by Pemu, who reported Nasani.
The local hunters include Kanisi India, 35; Paul India, 25; and Dickson Hani, 30.
The hunters and Pemu are now being investigated for allegedly pouring petrol and a local gin, Ogogoro, on the minor while flogging him for the alleged crime.
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Bits of information on the matter have it that the suspected hunters tied Nasani to a tree, tortured and starved him for two days before dumping him by the roadside in Demsa.
The hunters, who confessed to the police that they maltreated the boy, said after the boy was brought to their office at Tasala, their preliminary investigation gave the impression that he actually stole the money but was refusing to disclose where he kept it.
The boy’s father, Marvelous Tunoh, speaking on the case, said after failing to link his son with the crime, the hunters took him to the roadside and left him there.
All the suspects have owned up to the part they played in the matter, expressed regret, and begged for mercy, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Suleiman Nguroje.
Nguroje who said the state Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, had been prompt in ordering the arrest of the hunters after hearing Tunoh’s complaint assured that the command would charge all the suspects to court for prosecution.