The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old Almajiri teacher, Lawal Nasiru, for allegedly brutalising one of his pupils in Darazo Local Government Area.
The victim, identified as 11-year-old Sa’id Sani, was said to have been tied with a heavy rope and flogged with a stick and thick cable, leaving him with severe injuries.
Police spokesman Ahmed Wakil, in a statement on Tuesday, said the case was reported to the Darazo Divisional Police Headquarters on September 22, 2025, by Idris Mohammed, 50, of Gidan Waya, who brought in the injured child.
According to the statement, “On the 21st September, 2025, one Lawal Nasiru, aged 28 years, of Unguwar Jarmai, Darazo, criminally used a heavy rope to inhumanely tie the said Sa’id, an Almajiri boy, and further assaulted him with a stick and thick cable, causing various degrees of injuries to his hands and legs.”
He added that the Divisional Police Officer, SP Auwalu Ilu, led operatives to arrest the suspect, while the boy was taken to General Hospital, Darazo, for treatment.
During interrogation, Nasiru admitted the act, claiming he restrained the child because he tried to flee from school. “The minor also narrated how the suspect mercilessly confined him with a thick rope for a prolonged period,” Wakil added.
Commissioner of Police Sani-Omolori Aliyu has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation, assuring that the suspect would be profiled and prosecuted.
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