From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano
Gaddafi Sagir (20) is now cooling his heels at the Bompai police headquarters, Kano, for stabbing his stepmother to death with a screw driver.
The vicious Gaddafi also strangled his stepsister to death with her headtie.
He was arrested in an uncompleted building while planning to run away after killing two people.
Yet, he has not given any reason for killing his own relatives.
The police spokesman in Kano, Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa who released a Statement on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mamman Dauda, said Gaddafi confessed to have singlehandedly killed mother and daughter.
According to the Statement: “On January 7, 2023 at about 11:30 p. m, a report was received from one Sagir Yakubu of Fadama Rijiyar Zaki Quarters, Ungogo LGA, Kano State, that he returned home and met his pregnant wife, one Rabi’atu Sagir (25) and her daughter, Munawwara Sagir (8) in a pool of blood motionless.
“And that, he is strongly suspecting his son, Gaddafi.
“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Police Command, CP Mamman Dauda, psc(+) raised and instructed a team of Detectives led by CSP Usman Abdullahi, Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Rijiyar Zaki Division to proceed to the scene, rush the victims to Hospital and ensure the arrest of the culprit(s).
“The team immediately went to the scene, cordoned off the area and rushed the victims to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where a Medical Doctor certified them dead.
“The suspect, Gaddafi Sagir (20) was arrested in an uncompleted building in an attempt to escape from Kano.
“On preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to having singlehandedly used a screwdriver, stabbed his stepmother on her neck and forehead and strangled her daughter with her head tie until she is no longer breathing. An investigation is in progress.”
