Man goes berserk, kills parents, injure two others
Police have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly killing his biological parents in an attack that also left two other victims hospitalised, in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa state.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Jigawa Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, Thursday, said the suspect was subsequently arrested after he allegedly omitted the crime with a wooden pestle.
Those attacked by the suspect are; Ahmad Muhammad, 70, Hauwau Ahamadu, 60, Kailu Badugu, 65 and Hakalima Amadu, 60.
Shiisu added that a team of policemen evacuated the victims to the Gumel General Hospital, where Ahmadu Muhammad and Hauwau Ahmadu were certified dead by a medical doctor due to the injuries they sustained in the attack.
Shiisu also said the other two victims were on admission at the hospital for treatment.
“Today, at 11:30 a.m., information received had it that one Munkaila Ahmadu of Zarada-Sabuwa village in Gagarawa LGA of Jigawa, used a wooden pestle and attacked the following persons: Ahmadu Muhammad, the village Head of Zarada-Sabuwa, Hauwa Ahmadu, Kailu Badugu and Hakalima Amadu, all of Zarada -Sabuwa village in Gagarawa LGA.”
He added that preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased were the biological parents of the suspect.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Aliyu Tafida, directed for discreet investigation into the case, after which the suspect would be charged to court.
