For residents of Mortgage area in Gusau, the Zamfara
State capital in northern Nigeria, shock and total disbelieve is their
stock in trade as they try to come to terms with how a young man could
be so callous as to mastermind the brutal assassination of his biological mother, Hajia Aisha, and
two young sisters, aged 9 and 11.
That is the story of the school drop out named Kamalu, who hired assassins to snuff the lives out of his loved ones. Immediately
after the bodies of the victims were discovered where they were dumped
in the Bager dam, located off the Gusau-Dansadau Road in the state
capital, relations became suspicious and fingers were pointing at Kamalu
who is said to have consistently threatened to kill his mother if she failed to give him money.
Now
in the net and standing trial for the gruesome murders, Kamalu is said
to be begging for mercy which is not forthcoming just as resident are
urging the police to allow the law to take its course in the matter and
make sure the victims get justice.
According to
report in the Sun Newspaper, a resident had found the floating body of
Hajia Aisha in the Bager dam from which the State water Board sources
water and treats for consumption in the metropolis, on the 29th of May,
2013. The resident quickly raised an alarm and the police were informed
and they quickly removed the corpse, and took it to the Federal Medical
Centre Gusau for autopsy.
The postmortem
examination of the corpses showed that there were deep cuts and injuries
all over it. This discovery led the police to suspect foul play, and
listed it as a case of SUD, sudden unnatural death.
It
was a report of a missing person filed by the family which resulted in
the police directing them to the mortuary where the shocking find was
dicovered.
Based on this positive identification
of the corpse, policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer, went to
home of the deceased and found the place locked up. They forced the door
open and were confronted by the shocking sight of blood stains all over
the house.
Meanwhile, the place had been ransacked by the perpetrators of the crime, who probably removed money and other valuable items.
The
relations informed the police that the personal car of the late Hajiya
Aisha was not in the compound, but curiously, her son’s car was parked
within the premises. When the police searched the car, they found
blood-stained pillow cases and bed-sheets in the boot of the car.
They
took the items away as exhibits while attention shifted to what must
have happened to the two young daughters, who were also living with
their mother. The police promptly suspected that the assailants must
have killed them too and probably dumped their bodies where the body of
their mother was discovered.
A search in the dam
produced the corpses of the little girls with one having cuts all over
the body while the other one had had her throat slit with a knife.
Through
diligent detective work, the police tracked down Kamalu who had fled
Zamfara to Kaduna State where he had driven the mother’s car. Some
valuable items and cash belonging to the deceased were also recovered
from him.
During interrogation, Kamalu owned up to
the crime, and said that he masterminded the brutal and gruesome murder
of his biological mother and two sisters so as to take over her
properties. He also revealed the names of four of his accomplices. Two
of them were instantly arrested by the police, but two escaped and have
remained at large.
The Zamfara State Police
Command said through the Public Relations Officer that it would remain
on the trail of the two fugitives, assuring that it would not be long
before they are arrested to face the full wrath of the law
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