A 65-year-old resident of Za'ar community in Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State, Yakubu Yusuf Bala, whom the police arrested and remanded in prison custody over Sang village leadership crisis, has died in custody. Bala who was remanded alongside the paramount ruler of the community, His Royal Majesty, Ishaku Komo, a 71-year-old retired Air Commodore with the Nigerian Air Force died of torture allegedly sustained at the police custody before he was secretly transferred to the prison custody.
One of the Sayawa leaders remanded in the Bauchi custodial centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service in connection with the recent communal clash over