By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
The long arm of law has caught up with the master mind of the 2011 Bauchi post election violence that cut short the lives of Six corps members and a police officer.
The Bauchi State Commissioner of Police Auwal Musa Muhammad disclosed this while parading some suspects to newsmen on Thursday 30th May, 2924 at the police headquarters Bauchi.
The CP said that on 18th April 2011 a group of youth led by one Kabiru Musa known as Dawa, stormed Giade Divisional Police Headquarters following the announcement of the 2011 presidential election result armed themselves with dangerous weapons and attacked a police woman Rifkatu Bappa who was on counter duty at the charge room.
As a result attack, she sustained various degrees of injuries and was immediately evacuated to FMC Azare and was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
“In furtherance of this dastardly act, the said Dawa attacked one Bridget Peter Okoye wife of Mr. Peter Okoye cut-off her fingers, set fire on a motor vehicle, burned down the station which led to the gruesome murder of six corps members who were at the station for safety,” said CP Auwal.
He said that the deceased corps members tried to take to their heels while the said suspected killer (Dawa) alongside his syndicate ran in pursuit of the corps members to their various locations of refuge and gruesomely murdered them one after the other.
“After a manhunt for over a decade, the suspect has been arrested and investigation is ongoing, after the conclusion, he will be arraigned in court based on the findings of the investigation.
“It may interest you to also know that the same suspect (Dawa) in a related development has been arraigned before the court for a case of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.
The incident occurred on the 26th of April, 2024 at about 10:30pm when some water vendors inhabitants of Unguwar Tudun Maje Giade town discovered the decomposed body of an adult girl in a well situated in the same address.”
He said following the discovery of the decomposed body, they reported at the Divisional Police Headquarters Giade, where the DPO drafted his men, visited the scene and removed the remains to General Hospital Giade and she was certified dead by a medical doctor.
He said that the DPO invited the residents to come forward for identification and she was identified as Aisha Mohammad ‘f’ aged 17yrs of Giade LGA, Bauchi State.
During investigation, two people were accused and arrested in connection to the crime namely; Kabiru Musa 30yrs aka “Dawa”, Anas Adamu 31yrs all of Giade LGA, Bauchi State.
He said during interrogation, the first defendant denied the allegation against him while the second accused freely confessed to the crime and confirmed that they killed the said (Aisha) deceased and dumped her body into the well together with the said Dawa who happens to be his boss.
It could be recalled that violence erupted in Giade local government area of Bauchi State shortly after announcing the victory of the then President Goodluck Jonathan which led to the grousome murder of six corps members and a divisional police headquarters being set ablaze.