Police arrest six over mob killing of two travellers in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested six suspects implicit the unlawful sidesplitting of 2 guiltless travellers astatine Gidan Kaku colony successful Birnin Yero, a fewer kilometres from Maraban Jos, pursuing mendacious allegations that they were kidnappers.

DSP Mansir Hassan, the command’s spokesperson, said successful a statement, “On 1st July, 2026, 1 Muhammadu Sani, 45, and his friend, Aliyu Mohammed, 40, some of Umar Village, Igabi LGA, were travelling connected a motorcycle to Tudun Wada Zaria, to sojourn their sick uncle. While passing done Gidan Kalu Village, immoderate unidentified persons allegedly became suspicious aft seeing them riding a caller motorcycle and began shouting ‘thieves’.”

The connection explained that, fearing for their lives, the victims abandoned the motorcycle and fled. However, they were pursued by an aggravated mob, brutally attacked, and lynched contempt their attempts to explicate that they were not thieves and that immoderate of the assailants adjacent knew them.

According to Hassan, upon receiving the report, constabulary operatives from the Birnin Yero Division swung into enactment and arrested Abdullahi Mukailu Kigo and 5 others successful transportation with the incident.

He stated that the suspects confessed to the transgression and are presently successful constabulary custody, portion investigations are ongoing to place and apprehend different persons who participated successful the unlawful sidesplitting of the...