Lawyer petitions IGP over alleged killing of missing activist Dadiyata

A Kano-based ineligible practitioner, Abba Hikima, has petitioned the Nigeria Police Force Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Rilwan Disu, demanding an immediate, autarkic and transparent probe into allegations surrounding the disappearance and alleged sidesplitting of missing activist, Abubakar Idris.

Hikima disclosed this successful a petition dated May 8, 2026, which helium shared connected his Facebook leafage alongside copies of the papers addressed to the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters successful Abuja.

In the petition, the lawyer referenced allegations reportedly made by Muhammad Musa Kamarawa, a erstwhile Senior Special Assistant to erstwhile Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle.

According to the petition, Kamarawa allegedly accused CSP Hussaini Gimba and CSP Hassan Gimba of engagement successful Dadiyata’s alleged killing.

The petition quoted Kamarawa arsenic saying that “they threatened to termination maine arsenic they killed Dadiyata and Saminu S/Fada Gusau amongst others successful my beingness astatine Operations Yaki Kaduna.”

Describing the allegation arsenic “an highly sedate matter,” Hikima said it should not beryllium ignored by constabulary authorities, particularly arsenic Dadiyata has remained missing since August 2019.

He noted that the lawsuit continues to make nationalist interest and unanswered questions ...