Monday, January 19, 2026 - The Kano State Police Command has arrested three principal suspects for the gruesome m8rder of a housewife and her six children.
The incident occurred in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters on
Saturday, January 17, 2025.
The victims, Fatima Abubakar, 35, and her children,
Maimuna, 17, Aisha, 16, Bashir, 13, Abubakar, 10, Faruk, 7, and Abdulsalam,
barely one and half years old, were attacked with dangerous weapons after
hoodlums broke into their residence.
The spokesperson of the command, CSP Abdullahi Haruna
Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said the suspects
identified as Umar Auwalu, Isyaku Yakubu, and Yakubu Abdulaziz, were arrested
during a sting operation that lasted for seven hours.
The leader of the gang and a nephew to the deceased
housewife, Umar Auwalu, confessed to the crime.
He also admitted that the same syndicate has carried out a
series of gruesome k!llings, including the m8rder and burning of two housewives at Tudun Yola Quarters, Kano.
According to the PPRO, four bloodstained clothes, the
deceased's two mobile phones, stolen money, a cutlass, club (Gora), and other
dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
“The Kano
State Police Command, acting on the directives of the Inspector-General of
Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has leveraged intelligence-led
policing to apprehend three (03) suspected masterminds behind the brutal m8rder
of a housewife and her six (06) children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano on
17th January, 2026,” the statement read.
"Under
the direction of Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, PhD, sfipma,
mnim, mnips, masis, a team of police crack operatives successfully arrested the
suspects.
"The
suspects, Umar Auwalu, 'm', 23 years old of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters Kano, Isyaku
Yakubu, 'm', AKA 'Chebe', 40 years old, of Sagagi Quarters Kano, and Yakubu
Abdulaziz, 'm', AKA 'Wawo', 21 years old, of Sabon Gida Sharada Quarters Kano,
were arrested during a Sting Operation that lasted between 10pm of 17th January
2026 and 4am of 18th January 2026.
"The
leader of the syndicate, Umar Auwalu, a nephew to the deceased housewife,
confessed to the crime and also admitted that the same syndicate has carried
out a series of gruesome k1llings and attacks in the recent past, including the
k!lling and burning of two housewives at Tudun Yola Quarters Kano.
"Recoveries
from the suspects included four clothes with blood stains, the deceased's two
mobile phones, a Cutlass, a Club (Gora), and some amount of money robbed at the
scene, as well as dangerous weapons. Investigation is in progress.
“The Kano State Police Command commends the efforts of the
Police Officers involved in the operation, members of the public for their
prayers, support, encouragement and cooperation, and assures the public of its
commitment to bringing perpetrators of crimes to justice.”
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