The Plateau State Police Command said it arrested a herdsman, Abdulrahman Kaila, for allegedly cutting off a farmer’s hand in the Lakushi community, the Shendam Local Government Area of the state.
A video showing the farmer holding his severed right hand with blood dripping on the ground circulated on social media last week.
The victim was heard in the short video telling some men that a herder cut off his hand because he asked him to move his cattle out of his farm.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Alabo Alfred, told PUNCH Metro in Jos, the state capital, 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 now. We were able to arrest him through our intelligence network. 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 state 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 the investigation has been concluded and the suspect will be charged in court tomorrow (Monday) or on Tuesday.”
