Masussuka: Family rejects Ansaru’s claim, questions source of audio message

The household of precocious Islamic cleric Sheikh Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka has rejected claims by the Ansaru militant radical that it was liable for his sidesplitting successful Katsina State, insisting that individuals who had antecedently threatened the preacher remains their premier suspects.

Abdurrashid Abdulkarim, successor to the precocious Sheikh Yahaya Ibrahim Masussuka, spoke connected behalf of the household successful a video shared connected the deceased cleric’s societal media page.

Seated connected the aforesaid seat connected which Sheikh Masussuka regularly occupied, Abdulkarim rejected Ansaru’s assertion of work for the sidesplitting and questioned the authenticity of the connection attributed to the group.

“We cull the assertion that Ansaru was liable for the sidesplitting of Sheikh Masussuka. There are radical who threatened him earlier his death, and we inactive fishy them,” Abdurrashid said.

He besides challenged information expert, Dr Audu Bulama Bukarti, who publicised the alleged audio connection successful which Ansaru claimed work for the killing, to explicate however helium obtained the recording.

“We situation Dr Audu Bulama Bukarti to explicate wherever helium got the audio connection and however it came into his possession,” helium said.

Abdurrashid further alleged that the connection attributed to Ansaru contained inconsistencies, including an mistake successful the day of the incident.

“There are discrepancies successful the connection circulated by Bukarti. The idiosyncratic speaking connected behalf o...