Gunmen kidnapped Alhaji Ahmad Yakubu Ahmad, the ward head of Aujarawa village in Gezawa Native Executive Space of Kano State, from his place of dwelling within the early hours of Thursday, September 17, 2026, and his frame used to be discovered in a while after.
The gunmen reportedly stormed his place of dwelling at about 1:30am, arriving on foot and firing a number of photographs into the air earlier than forcing their manner into the home.
Consistent with citizens, the attackers shot on the front door earlier than getting access to the home, the place they tied up some members of the family who have been snoozing in a room.
They then proceeded to the ward head’s condominium, dragged him out of his bed room and took him away.
The deceased’s brother, Muhammad Auwal, informed Day-to-day Consider that the kidnappers beat his elder brother significantly throughout the place of dwelling and within the presence of his circle of relatives earlier than taking him to an unknown vacation spot.
Auwal stated the kidnappers contacted the circle of relatives on September 18 and demanded N200 million ransom.
“After lengthy negotiations, they lowered it to N50 million. Even at that, we insisted lets now not have the funds for it, so the bargaining persisted.
“In any case, on September 22, when the kidnappers known as, we proposed to pay N5 million. We have been positive that they might settle for the N5 million and unencumber my brother. However as an alternative, they stopped calling us.
“We didn’t listen anything else once more from the abductors or the police till September 30, after we heard in regards to the discovery of a corpse at Danladin, Gezawa.
“We went there, however we have been knowledgeable that the corpse were buried at the orders of the police. Subsequently, we rushed to the Divisional Police Workplace to make inquiries.
“Photos of the corpse have been proven to us, and I recognized my brother through his head and toes.
“So, we demanded for the corpse, and the police referred us to their headquarters. We went there and crammed the entire essential papers earlier than we have been allowed to exhume the corpse.
“We went again to Danladin, Gezawa, exhumed the dead frame of the past due Ahmad and gave him a befitting burial in line with Islamic rites at the similar day,” he stated.
‘Police confirmed up past due’
Auwal expressed unhappiness over what he described because the police sluggish reaction to the incident.
He stated the police have been knowledgeable in a while after his brother used to be kidnapped at about 1:30am, however officials didn’t reply to the misery name till about 4:25am.
He additional alleged that the police didn’t seek advice from the place of dwelling till about midday at the similar day.
“I’m disenchanted with the police. That is the person who at all times prolonged a serving to hand to them on every occasion they wanted assist, however have a look at the way in which they paid him again. That is unlucky.
Chatting with Day-to-day Consider, the deceased’s eldest son, Tukur Ahmad Yakubu, described his father as a humble, humane, beneficiant and easy guy who used to be cherished through the group.
He stated his father’s demise had positioned a heavy duty on him because the eldest of his youngsters.
“The demise of my father is a check for me specifically, being the eldest amongst his youngsters, as a result of the entire burden of the home will now be transferred to me, and I by no means anticipated this to occur so quickly.
“My prayer is that Allah (SWT) would possibly grant me the power and knowledge to steer the circle of relatives.
“Sincerely talking, we’ve got tasted the bitterness of demise, and the vacuum left in the back of through Baba will probably be tough to fill through any member of the circle of relatives. Alternatively, on every occasion I consider the good stuff persons are pronouncing about Baba, I think relieved.
“Baba’s demise is a smart loss now not most effective to the fast circle of relatives, however to all of the Aujarawa group and Gezawa Native Executive.
“It will be tough for me to compare Baba in coping with folks. The load he used to be shouldering will probably be too heavy for me to undergo.
“He used to be the type of one that would by no means say no to any request you set to him. Even supposing he used to be now not wealthy, his generosity made him standard past the Aujarawa group.
“Baba may just put himself in discomfort with a purpose to resolve anyone’s downside. Would possibly Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannatul Firdaus,” he stated.
He appealed to the Kano State Executive and different related government to be sure that his father’s killers have been delivered to justice.
“All we wish is justice. The federal government will have to monitor the killers of my father and be sure that they face the effects in their movements.
“I don’t need the blood of my past due father to be wasted identical to that. Those that killed him will have to now not cross unpunished,” he added.
When Day-to-day Consider visited the deceased’s place of dwelling the day prior to this, sympathisers have been nonetheless trooping in to condole with the circle of relatives.
When contacted, the Kano State Police Command’s Public Family members Officer, DSP Haruna Abdullahi Kiyawa, promised to name again after contacting the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Gezawa Native Executive Space.
Alternatively, he had now not spoke back as of the time of submitting this record. Next calls to him have been unsuccessful, as he neither responded nor returned them.
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