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Police Arrest Officers Of Operation Farauta, For Alleged Killing Of 17 Year Old Abdallah.
The Adamawa State Police Command have arrested some policemen, military personnel as well as some air force personnel connected to the alleged killing of Abdallah, a 17-year-old boy allegedly killed by men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, known as Operation Farauta in the state.
The 17 -old Abdallah was writing his Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) when his neighbour allegedly accused him of stealing his phone.
In the ensuing chase for the phone thief, Abdallah was taken in by the JTF and allegedly tortured till death.
This prompted an uprising that dominated the social media led by Ahamd Tukur Abba, the deceased’s elder brother, calling for justice for the brutal killing, saying: “The young lad was falsely accused of stealing a phone (iphone 7) by their neighbour, Shuaibu Wambai Zumo, a staff of the Adamawa State Scholarship Board.
He alleged the boy was taken from their home by a group of men (who were later identified as (Operation Farauta) who told his family that they just wanted to question him.
He also alleged that when Abdallah was later brought back, he was in handcuffs and looked “thoroughly beaten.”
According to Abba, the young boy said he admitted to Operation Farauta that he stole the phone so that they would spare his life as he was being tortured.
Meanwhile, Shortly after the incident in August, the Adamawa State Police Command through its Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje assured that killers of Abdallah must face justice.
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri also ordered the Police Commissioner to investigate the alleged murder in order to unravel the circumstances leading to his death even as he appealed for calm, assuring that investigation was ongoing.
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