A 20-year-old man in Zaria, Kaduna State, reportedly suffered a severe head injury after vigilante members allegedly drove a five-inch nail into his skull over an accusation of stealing a chicken.
A 20-year-old man, Aliyu Nuhu, sustained a serious head injury after vigilante members allegedly hammered a five-inch nail into his skull over claims that he stole a chicken in Zaria, Kaduna State. The incident has sparked outrage in the community, with the victim’s family accusing local vigilantes of brutality.
Confirming the incident, the victim’s father, Mallam Salisu Nuhu, popularly known as Babande, accused two vigilante members in the area of inflicting the injuries. He said he had asked his son to sell a chicken at the market but that the young man was arrested by vigilantes who suspected him of theft. “They detained him and interrogated him with severe punishment, to the extent of nailing a five-inch nail into his head,” he said.
Babande explained that when his son failed to return home, a vigilante member asked him to follow him to their office at Anguwar Sirdi, Limancin Kona Ward, where he was informed that his son had been arrested for theft. He said the vigilantes demanded N5,000 as bail but later allowed him to take his son home when he said he had no money. According to him, it was after they got home that he noticed injuries on his son’s head and was told that a nail had been driven into it. He added that they returned to the vigilante office and proceeded to a nearby chemist with one of the suspects, identified as Nuhu.
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