Police officers of the Kano State Police Command have arrested a 50-year-old man Adamu Musa, his son, Sule Mallam and Grandson, Ishaku Sule, for the gruesome murder of a man and his five-year-old daughter at Gomo Village, Sumaila Local Government Area of the state.
Adamu was reported to have confessed to the police that he indeed directed his three sons and grandson to execute the victim on allegation that the deceased is a suspected kidnapper.
A statement by the police spokesperson in Kano, Abdullahi Kiyawa, revealed that the attackers, on August 26, invaded Madunkuri settlement in Gomo Village, Sumaila local government of Kano State, ”attacked and killed one 30-year-old Kabiru Ya’u and his daughter Harira Kabiru.
The statement disclosed that the suspects used machetes and bamboo sticks to hack the victims to death.
According to Abdullahi, the suspects were arrested by Operation Puff Adder on December 19 about 119 days after the incident; however, “investigation is in progress for the arrest of the remaining culprits”