A newly admitted police cadet, A.S Jika died at the Nigeria Police Academy, Kano on Saturday, a reliable source confirmed.

Jika, a course 9 cadet collapsed in a toilet where he eventually died in the early hours of yesterday, the source revealed.

The Adamawa-born young cadet, was one of the newly admitted students of the Department of Computer Science, at the Police University, Kano.

Revealing the sad development, another source who do not want his name mentioned because of victimization alleged that the young Jika died of starvation. According to the source, Jika was rushed to the academy’s clinic, where he was confirmed dead.

“He was left untreated because there are no drugs and no medical officer to attend to him in the clinic. He eventually died”.

The source narrated the harsh conditions cadets are being subjected to in the name of regimental training coupled with a sudden slash in the daily manual. He lamented that cadets have been battling with continuous starvation and malnourished manual in the last two weeks courtesy of the unfriendly policy of the Commandant Assistant Inspector-General, Sadiq Abubakar.

The source alleged that “Since the new commandant assumed office, they’ve been providing very bad and inadequate food for us. The boy that died was not up to 20 years old. The boy wouldn’t have died if they’d attended to him.

“The commandant also ordered the closure of the market and laundry and approved undeserved training exercises during lecture hours.

“Cadets collapse daily here during training due to fatigue, because it’s either they’re starved, malnourished, or both. We’re usually threatened by the commandant and forced to engage in unwarranted training exercises.

“Also, many cadets have been dismissed on the basis that they fell sick; that’s why many are trying to manage themselves to avoid expulsion from the academy.”

Besides, a staff of the academy who also wants his name hidden is worried about the recent policy of the Commandant especially the review of daily mini market to once weekly.

The staff also lamented that cadets feeding pattern has drastically reduced which may be responsible for the daily complaints of starvation being received on regular basis.

Efforts to reach out to AIG Abubakar for comment was not successful because his phone lines were switched off.