General Ishaya Bamaiyi’s Sister & Granddaughter Assassinated

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Madam Saratu Bamaiyi, the elder sister of retired Lt Gen Ishaya Bamaiyi, and her granddaughter have been assassinated in Zuru, Kebbi State. Speaking in his sermon, Liman Sule Tanko at the GRA praying ground, Zuru, prayed for peace and security and the repose of the soul of Mama, as she was fondly called, and her granddaughter. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Ishaku Barau said the tragic incident occurred between 3.00pm and 4.00pm same Thursday at her residence at Zuru Center (ZC), Zuru , in Zuru Local Government of the state.

He further disclosed that the 75-year-old Saratu was hit and killed with a pestle by unknown persons and her body alongside her 12-year-old granddaughter was dragged and dumped in a well.In his words, “She and her granddaughter were murdered and then dragged into the well inside the house. I don’t think it was by the use of gun. They used a pestle to attack them. It appears not to be murder for robbery because she was having some money in her handbag, money from sales from her provision store outside the house.
“The bag containing the money was also dumped with the bodies inside the well. We also discovered wraps of money possibly for contribution in the house because she was a woman leader in the community. The unspecified amount of wrapped money was not touched.So that made us think that it was not robbery that led to that but probably assassination. But we are investigating the unfortunate incident.”

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