But for the timely arrival of a close friend, a 32-year-old trader, Mallam Rabiu Muhammad of Dan Tsinke village in Kano State, would be a dead man after he attempted to take his life by slitting his throat and genitals and was found in his pool of blood, gasping for breath in his brother's room.
He was discovered by his close friend, Burhanaden Abdullah Bakori at about 8:00 am in the morning of Thursday, October 8, who quickly alerted neighbours and the unconscious man was rushed to a hospital.
It was gathered that Muhammad who lives with his elder brother, was left alone in the house when the brother travelled to their home town and he chose the absence to try to kill himself.
His friend and saviour, Abdullah narrated how he met his friend:
“I was at Rabiu’s place at about 8:00am to discuss with him as a friend and I found the doors locked. It was unusual to me, because he normally wakes up before 6:00am. I knocked the door, he refused to open and I did not hear any sound from his room.
I quickly alerted people in the area about the development. We all knocked until we forced the door open and we met him lying unconscious in his pool of blood. We saw a knife soaked with blood on the floor with his throat already sliced like Sallah Ram.
We quickly went to Naibawa Police Station and policemen came and took him to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital. It was at the hospital that we discovered that Rabiu’s private part had also been cut off.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Musa Magagi Magiya, confirmed the incident, saying that the victim was still alive and responding to treatment.
