Kaduna State governor, Senator Uba Sani, has vowed that no individual connected to the brutal killing of Malama Ummulkhairi at Maraban Jos will escape the full wrath of the law.
Governor Sani who stated this at the weekend when he paid a condolence visit to the deceased’s family said his administration will cater for the upkeep of the husband and four children, including sponsoring the latters’ education.
Recall that a mob killed Malama Ummulkhairi, an Islamic teacher and set her body ablaze at Maraban Jos, a town in Igabi local government alleging that she tried to kidnap children.
After commiserating with the deceased’s family, Governor Sani condemned the mob action.
The governor said he was out of the state on an official assignment when the murder occurred but he had sent senior government officials to pay condolence on the family.
‘’I’m also working with the Commissioner of Police, the director of the State of the SSS, as well as all the relevant security agencies to get to the root of the matter.”
Sani added, “And I’m happy to say that they have done an extreme investigation into this incident. As we are speaking, about 41 persons have been charged with culpable homicide.
‘’And about 41 went through investigation also; that’s 82. Thirty suspects have also have been charged for unlawful assembly,’’ he disclosed.
He promised that all those who were involved in the murder, will face the law, no matter their status or number, to serve as a deterrent against people taking laws into their own hands.
Governor Sani argued that although the security agencies did their best, they should also conduct a thorough investigation on the complicity of some of their personnel, especially the Maraban Jos Divisional Police Officer, DPO.
