The Police Command in Kano State has arrested three suspects in connection with the brutal murder of a housewife, Mrs Fatima Abubakar and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters of Kano.
Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, on Sunday disclosed that the suspects namely Umar Auwalu, 23; Isyaku Yakubu, 40, and Yakubu Abdulaziz, 21, were arrested during a sting operation conducted between 10.00 p.m. on Jan. 17 till dawn.
He said that Auwalu, identified as the leader of the syndicate and a nephew of the deceased housewife, confessed to committing the crime and admitted involvement in other killings and attacks.
According to the spokesperson, items recovered from the suspects include four blood-stained clothes, two mobile phones belonging to the deceased, a cutlass, a club (gora), and some amount of money suspected to have been stolen from the scene.
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He added that investigations were ongoing to unravel the full circumstances surrounding the incident and to apprehend other accomplices, if any.
Credible News recalls that Kiyawa disclosed that the attack was reported at noon same day. He said that the victims were allegedly attacked with dangerous weapons by unknown hoodlums who broke into their house.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori, immediately mobilised a police team led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operations, DCP Lawal Isah-Mani, to the scene.
“The bodies were evacuated and rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where they were pronounced dead.
“A team led by ACP Wada Jarma, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), had been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
“The police command extends condolences to the family, the people of Dorayi Chiranchi and Kano State”, the statement by the Police read. statement read.
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