The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 13-year-old boy identified as Abdulkarim Mati, who killed two armed men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents.
Abdulkarim Mati, according to a statement by the police was once an errand boy to a bandits’ leader, Ardo Nashaware, who resides in Birnin Magaji forest, Zamfara State.
The spokesman for the Katsina police command, Gambo Isah, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect on Saturday, said officers recently arrested Mati from where he ran to after his escape from the forest.
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Isah added in a statement that the suspect confessed that he was taken away from his parents under the guise that he would assist in rearing cows for his masters, but instead, he was taught how to operate AK-47 rifles.
“The boy, who demonstrated skills in handling AK-47, also confessed to have been bullied by some elderly bandits, who provoked him, and as a result, picked an AK-47 rifle and shot dead two of the elderly bandits,” Isah said.
