File photo of the deceased, Dauda Danladi
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Altine Dauda, the wife of the 33-year old man who was allegedly arrested and tortured to death by a combined team of policemen from the Yelwa Division and a vigilante group, has fainted and has been hospitalized, NATIONAL ACCORD has learnt.
Recall that the deceased, Dauda Danladi, was allegedly arrested by the team of security agents in front of his shop located in Yelwa Tsakani, a sub-urb of Bauchi Metropolis at about 9 PM on Thursday and was taken to the Yelwa Division, where he was allegedly tortured to death.
Speaking with our correspondent, a younger sister to the deceased, Dorathy, said that since the death of her brother on Friday, she has been crying profusely and demanding to see her husband.
She said: “Since our brother died, his wife has been crying profusely. She had cried as if her heart will come out of her and before we knew what was happening, she fainted”.
“We had to rush her to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi (ATHB), where she is receiving treatment. The incident happened some minutes past 3 PM today (Sunday).
“She is recuperating at the hospital. She suffered great shock from the incident and as a result, has fainted several times.
“She has been demanding to see her husband. Anytime she faints and is revived, she will start saying she wants to see her husband”.
“I can tell you that she has not been finding it easy because they got married on 25th December, 2020, and this incident happened. She has been devastated and shocked.”
She said that the police manhandled her on Friday at the Yelwa Division, after she heard of her brother’s death adding that she has been sick and has not been able to walk well.
She narrated that: “When I learnt that my brother had died, I was still within the premises of the Yelwa Division, I rushed inside the Station, fell on the ground and started shouting and rolling on the ground.
“Out of anger, I took a stone and broke the glass of one of the windows in the station. I ran out and a policeman caught me, hit me and dragged me on the ground as if I was a dog. I had to bite him before he let me go.”
Dorathy added that: “Since that day, I feel in my body as if fire has been poured inside it. The spot they kicked me with their boot on my back close to my spinal cord, is exactly where I feel serious pain now”.
“I seriously feel pain as I speak with you. I have been taking some drugs and pain relievers, I am about going to the hospital now for treatment. Honestly, what these people (Police) did to us is not fair.”
Another younger brother of the deceased, Daniel Danladi, who rushed his sister in-law to the hospital said “I just left her now in the hospital and came home. Although she is getting better, but she can’t talk at the moment. The condition is a bit fair”.
“When she fainted this afternoon, some elders and I rushed her to the Teaching Hospital. They told us that it was due to shock. She’s currently on drip there.”