Adamu Mai-bisco killed them in cold blood at Batayya ward in Potiskum, last night around 11:35pm before a distress call to the police led to his arrest. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Toyin Gbadegesin. confirmed that Adamu used a shovel to them and he was under investigation.
The motive behind the killing is yet unknown, though Adamu confessed to the police that he had taken ‘Tramadol and Indian hemp’ before carrying out the killings. A witness, Malam Ibrahim, said Adamu came out of the house with a shovel and jack knife and said he had wiped out his family.
His words: “He told me that ‘na gama da su’ meaning ‘l have finished them.’ I asked what he meant by that, and he started chasing me with the knife. He was intercepted by good Samaritans, bundled and handed over to police around 1:00am.” A neighbor said that Adamu is of the habit of threatening to kill even before the attack.
The family members killed were his father Malam Magaji Mai-Bisco, 65; Mother, Mama Ado, 50; sisters Aisha, 16; and Zainab,14. They’ve all been buried this morning, according to Islamic rights. Cc: DailyTrust
