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Kano killings: Deputy Senate president hails police over arrest of principal suspects

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Deputy Senate President, Dr. Barau Ibrahim Jibrin
Deputy Senate President, Dr. Barau Ibrahim Jibrin

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Ibrahim Jibrin, has commended the Kano State Police Command for the arrest of the three suspects over the gruesome murder of a housewife and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, within Kano metropolis.

Senator Barau, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Ismail Mudashir, described the arrest as “soothing news” and called for a speedy trial of the suspects.

The Kano police Command spokesperson, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, had in a statement on Sunday, listed the suspects as Umar Auwalu (23) of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters Kano, Isyaku Yakubu,  AKA ‘Chebe’ (40), of Sagagi Quarters Kano, and Yakubu Abdulaziz, AKA ‘Wawo’ (21) of Sabon Gida Sharada Quarters, Kano.

The Deputy Senate President said: “I commend the command for its swiftness. This is the first leg; the command should conduct a thorough investigation and ensure a speedy trial so that these ‘killers’ are prosecuted and brought to book.

” They must face the full wrath of the law. We will follow this to its logical conclusion. Over the past hours, I have been traumatised, devastated and overwhelmed by the gruesome murder of these innocent children and their mother. This is barbaric and beyond comprehension.

” May Almighty Allah grant the victims Aljannatul Firdaus and give the husband/ father of the children, Haruna Bashir, the strength to bear this.”

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