Unknown persons smash skull of Almajiri boy, run away with his brain in Bauchi

Some unknown persons have smashed the skull of an 11-year-old Almajiri from a Qur’anic school at Kofar Wambai area of Bauchi metropolis, and left with his brain.

It was gathered from residents of the area that someone called two pupils, telling them that he wanted to give them something and subsequently lured them to where the 11-year-old Almajiri’s head was smashed with a stone.

According to the residents, who pleaded not to be named, it was the second boy who escaped, who they said was in shock, that narrated what happened to them, adding that they went to the scene where they saw the remains of the boy.

They added that upon the discovery, they promptly acted by informing the police about the development.

According to the police spokesman, a Superintendent of Police (SP), “Police received a distress call from a good Samaritan that an unknown person had used a stone to break the skull of the Almajiri pupil.

“The two Qur’anic school pupils, Muhammad Yunusa -11 years and Aminu Yusuf -12 years old were deceived by unknown persons who used that stone to break the skull of Yunusa and ran to unknown destination.”