A 28-year-old man, Adamu Ahmadu, has died after he was allegedly tortured by his boss and his hired thugs over a misplaced phone in Adamawa state.
It was gathered that the deceased’s boss identified as Hamidu Umar, 55, of Yola South Local Government Area, accused Ahmadu of stealing his mobile phone which was later found in his sitting room.
According to report, Hamidu, who is said to be the son of the deposed Ward Head of Damare, Yola South, received a female guest on January 22, 2022.
He took the lady to a bedroom in another apartment. After a while, he returned to the main apartment to complain of forgetting his handset.
The deceased volunteered to go and get the phone and upon return said that he was unable to locate the device. His boss then accused him of stealing the phone.
The deceased denied stealing the handset, colleced his boss’s phone number which he called about 15 times but nobody picked it.
Hamidu was said to have invited three persons identified as Faisal, Shole and Ina’u and ordered them to torture Ahmadu until he produces the missing phone.
It was further gathered that Hamidu and his thugs took the deceased to an uncompleted building near polo ground by 5:30 pm on that fateful day and violently beat him up with wood and broken blocks.
The victim sustained fractures on his left hand, broken bone on the right hand and serious injuries on his head as well as other parts of his body.
A young lady who witnessed the beating was said to have alerted the new Ward Head of Damare, Sahabo Umar.
The Ward Head immediately rushed to the scene, rescued the man and subsequently reported the matter at the Wuro Hausa police station.
