Sokoto State | Gang Attacks Man, Chop Off His Legs and Arms

A 25-year-old man, Uzairu Abdullahi, has been arrested in Sokoto for allegedly chopping off legs and arms of another man.

The man was arrested by the Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, for allegedly amputating all the limbs and arms of one Shafi’u Ayuba.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the State Commandant, Babangida Aliyu, told newsmen that Abdullahi and four others committed the act on September 27.

He said, “The suspect, along with four other suspects now at large, committed the offence on September 27.

“He led the gang and committed the offence only 16 days after he was released from the Sokoto Central Prison.

“We will charge him to court, while we are striving to apprehend the fleeing suspects.”