Amnesty demands probe into death of 16-year-old in custody of Katsina police

Amnesty International has called connected Nigerian authorities to urgently analyse the alleged torture and sidesplitting of a 16-year-old boy, Bishir Malam Dauda, portion successful constabulary custody successful Katsina State.
According to them, Bishir was allegedly tortured to decease by officers attached to the ‘Yankara constabulary outpost successful Faskari Local Government Area aft being arrested implicit the alleged theft of a container of soya beans.

In a connection posted connected its authoritative Facebook leafage connected Saturday, Amnesty said its probe revealed that the teen was subjected to terrible beatings with robust rods aft helium was picked up from his Tsangaya schoolhouse connected May 7, 2026.

The enactment alleged that Bishir was arrested aft 1 of his friends mentioned his sanction during a constabulary probe into the reported theft.

“Unaccompanied and without the beingness of immoderate big relation, Bishir was tied by the constabulary and asked to marque a confession. He refused. Then helium was tortured much until helium became lifeless,” the connection said.

Amnesty International further alleged that officers aboriginal deposited the teenager’s assemblage astatine the ‘Yankara Primary Healthcare Centre.

The rights enactment described the incidental arsenic portion of what it called a wider signifier of quality rights violations and maltreatment by the police.

“What happened to Bishir Malam Dauda exposes a signifier of ruthless quality ...