Two ranchers were detained by members of the Niger State Police command for reportedly amputating their 60-year-old father’s hands.
A Minna Chief Magistrates Court has ordered their detention until September 26, 2022.
The duo Bello Usman 25, and Shehu Abubakar also, 25, conspired along with Shede Umar and another simply identified as Kai both presently at large to commit the heinous offense.
Earlier, the suspects were arraigned by the men of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), on two-count charges which include criminal conspiracy and causing grievous hurt, contravening section 97 and 246 of the penal code.
The suspects told the court that the initial plan between them and their partners in the crime was not to chop off their father’s hand, but only to rustle his cattle.
The Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Fati Hassan Umar then directed the police to go after the other two fleeing culprits to be arraigned and face the law.
The 60-year-old victim was conveyed to the court from the hospital where he was receiving medical attention.
Meanwhile, the father and the guardian of the fleeing suspects, who were summoned by the presiding Chief Magistrate, were ordered to produce their wards in court in the next sitting of the court fixed for the 26 September, 2022.
