Police arrest herdsman for allegedly cutting off farmer’s hand

The Plateau State Police Command has said it arrested a herdsman identified as Abdulrahman Kaila for allegedly cutting off a farmer’s hand in the Lakushi community, Shendam Local Government Area of the state.

A video of the farmer holding his severed right hand with blood dripping on the ground circulated on social media last week.

He was overheard in the short video telling some men that a Fulani herder cut off his hand because he asked him (herder) to move his cattle out of his farm.

The farmer who was seen bleeding profusely was then advised by the two men to go to the hospital for treatment while they report the incident to the police.

The spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred told newsmen in Jos on Sunday that arrangements had been concluded to arraign the suspect in court.

The PPRO said, “We have arrested the suspect who chopped off a person’s hand. He is in our custody right now. We were able to arrest him through our intelligence network. So it is not as if he surrendered himself willingly. It is our strategy at play and we won’t disclose it.

“When police got the news, the commissioner of police instructed the DPO to go after the perpetrator, and after a swift reaction by the DPO, the suspect was arrested and he gave us his reason for cutting the hand of the farmer,

“The only thing I can tell you is that investigation has been concluded and the suspect will be charged in court tomorrow (Monday) or next tomorrow (Tuesday).”