The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of a housewife and her six children by unknown hoodlums in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano metropolis on Saturday.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer,
CSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident in a statement, a copy of which was made available to The Punch on Saturday.
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“The Kano State police command received a distress call at approximately 12:10pm on January 17, 2025, reporting a brutal attack on the household of Haruna Bashir at Dorayi Charanchi Quarters.
“The victims, Fatima Abubakar, 35 and her six children, were attacked by unknown hoodlums who broke into their house.
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Haruna said the report indicated that the victims were attacked with dangerous weapons, resulting in fatal injuries adding that the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, immediately mobilized a police team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Operations, DCP Lawal Isah Mani to the scene.
“Bodies were evacuated and rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where they were pronounced dead,” the Police spokesman said.
According to him, a team led by ACP Wada Jarma, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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The police command extends condolences to the family, the people of Dorayi Chiranchi and Kano State.
Attacks of residential buildings by hoodlums has now become a daily phenomenon in the ancient city of Kano as recently no fewer than three houses were attacked in different parts of the metropolis.
