Area of Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, still
shudder at the memory of the callousness of
Kamalu, who hired assassins to murder his
mother, Hajia Aisha and his younger sisters, aged
nine and 11.
The bodies of the victims were dumped in the
Bager dam, located off the Gusau-Dansadau Road
in the state capital. Although Kamalu was
eventually tracked down by the police, arrested
and is now standing trial, his accomplices are still
at large and fugitives from justice. That is why
the residents are grieved and baying for justice to
be served Kamalu for the heinous crime allegedly
masterminded by him.
As Sunday Sun gathered, the day infamy
happened a day before May 29, 2013. While other
patriotic citizens were preparing to mark
Democracy Day, generally rejoicing and thanking
God for the survival of the current dispensation
of civil rule, Kamalu and his cohort were also
perfecting plans on how to commit the triple
murders.
It is still not yet revealed the exact time of the
day when the satanic team of assassins struck
and snuffed out life from the trio of mother and
her two daughters. However, what is known is
that a good citizen informed the police at 8.30 on
May 29 that a dead body was seen floating on the
water at Bager dam, from which the State Water
Board sources water treated and supplied to the
metropolis.
The police quickly moved and recovered the
corpse, which was taken to the Federal Medical
Centre Gusau for autopsy. The postmortem
examination of the corpse showed that there
were deep cuts and injuries all over it. This
discovery led the police to suspect foul play,
and listed it as a case of SUD (sudden
unnatural death).
Meanwhile, relations of the late Hajia who
were disturbed by her sudden disappearance
trooped to the police station on May 30, 2013 at
midday, to file a report that she was missing,
and had not been seen for 48 hours. They told
the police that all efforts made to contact her
on the phone were unsuccessful because her
phone was not reachable.
After receiving the report, the police took the
relations to the FMC mortuary, where they
immediately identified the corpse shown to them
as the late Hajia Aisha, their missing sister.
Based on this positive identification of the corpse,
policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) drove to the home of the diceased and
found the place locked up. They forced the door
open and were confronted by the shocking sight
of blood stains all over the house. Meanwhile, the
place had been ransacked by the perpetrators of
the crime, who probably removed money and
other valuable items.
The relations informed the police that the
personal car of the late Hajiya Aisha was not in
the compound, but curiously her son’s car was
parked within the premises. When the police
searched the car, they found blood-stained
pillow cases and bed-sheets in the boot of the
car. They took the items away as exhibits.
Attention then shifted to what must have
happened to the two young daughters, who
were also living with their mother. The police
promptly suspected that the assailants must
have killed them too and probably dumped
their bodies where the body of their mother
was discovered.
The police team headed straight to the riverside
to search for the corpses of the little girls.
Fortunately, the two corpses were recovered. One
had cuts all over the body, but the other one had
its throat slashed through with a knife.
Suspicion immediately fell upon on Kamalu, a
school dropout, who relations recalled had
consistently threatened to kill his mother if she
failed to give him money.
Through diligent detective work, the police
tracked him down in Kaduna town where he
had driven the mother’s car. Some valuable
items and cash belonging to the deceased were
also recovered from him.
During interrogation, Kamalu owned up to the
crime, and said that he masterminded the brutal
and gruesome slaying of his biological mother
and two sisters. He also revealed the names of
four of his accomplices. Two of them were
instantly arrested by the police, but two escaped
and have remained at large.
The Zamfara State Police Command said through
the public relations officer that it would remain
on the trail of the two fugitives, assuring that it
would not be long before they are arrested to
face the full wrath of the law.
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