14-year-old mentally ill boy commits suicide in Bauchi

 

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that a 14-year-old boy committed suicide on Dadin Kowa Street in the state’s Ningi Local Government Area.

In a phone interview with newsmen on Saturday night, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.

He stated that the incident, which occurred on Friday, was reported to the Ninigi Divisional Police Headquarters by the victim’s father, Haruna Shuaibu, 38.

Wakil said that the father told the Police that his son, Sadisu, had a mental problem.

He said, “We have a case of Sudden and Unnatural Death. On the 18th February 2022 at about 12.00hrs, one Haruna Shuaibu, a 38-year old of Dadin Kowa Street, Ningi, reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters, Ningi, that his son, Sadisu Haruna, 14 years old, hanged himself at an uncompleted room in the house.

“Immediately the Police received that information, a team of Detectives led by the DPO moved to the scene and rushed the victim to the General Hospital Ningi, where he was certified dead by a medical doctor.

“Information received from the father of the victim indicated that the deceased has a mental problem.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Sanda, directed the DPO Ningi, to commence investigations immediately to unravel the cause of the death of the victim.”