Man chops off rival’s hand over girlfriend

A youth, Abubakar Yahaya, has chopped off the wrist of another youth, Mohammed Jafar, during  a fight over a girlfriend.
The incident happened on November 21,2018.
According to a police report, Abubakar, 23, of Geriyu Junction in the Bypass area of Jimeta, Yola, and Mohammed Jafar from Demsawo, also in Jimeta, had engaged in a scuffle over a lady called Mariam Boni.
It was said that Abubakar gained the upper hand by using a machete to chop off Mohammed’s wrist.
The report indicated that the fight started when Mariam, who was Abubakar’s girlfriend, decided to end the relationship, and started dating Mohammed.
The police said they swung into action shortly after the incident and arrested Abubakar,  Mohammed (now in hospital), Mariam, and their friends, who were involved in the bloody fight.
Police spokesman, Othman Abubakar, told newsmen that the arrest of the suspects was a result of deliberate efforts to check crimes across the state.
He said Abubakar’s gang had first started a fight on November 20 when they attacked Mohammed’s gang at a gathering and that the police had stepped in to stop the fight, only for it to be repeated the next day and taken to the extent that Mohammed would at best now come out of hospital as a young man without a left wrist.
“This act is reprehensible and the police will be diligent in prosecuting the offenders according to the law,” he added.