Source: Africa Publicity
Nigeria’s Kano State Police Command has arrested three men for their alleged involvement in the gruesome killing of a woman and his six children.
During the attack at the Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters on Saturday, January 17, 2026, Fatima Abubakar, age 35, and her children Maimuna, 17, Aisha, 16, Bashir, 13, Abubakar, 10, Faruk, 7, and Abdulsalam, barely one and half years old, were killed.
The victims were reportedly attacked with dangerous weapons after the suspects broke into their residence.
Spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, in in a statement issued on Sunday, January 18, 2026, disclosed that the suspects identified as Umar Auwalu, Isyaku Yakubu, and Yakubu Abdulaziz, were arrested during a sting operation that lasted for seven hours.
The leader of the gang and a nephew to the deceased housewife, Umar Auwalu, confessed to the crime, according to the statement.
The statement added that the leader of the gang also admitted that the same syndicate has carried out a series of gruesome k!llings, including the murder and burning of two housewives at Tudun Yola Quarters, Kano.
The statement pointed out that four bloodstained clothes, the deceased’s two mobile phones, stolen money, a cutlass, club (Gora), and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
It says “The Kano State Police Command, acting on the directives of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has leveraged intelligence-led policing to apprehend three (03) suspected masterminds behind the brutal murder of a housewife and her six (06) children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano on 17th January, 2026.”
The statement added “Under the direction of Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, PhD, sfipma, mnim, mnips, masis, a team of police crack operatives successfully arrested the suspects.”
“The suspects, Umar Auwalu, ‘m’, 23 years old of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters Kano, Isyaku Yakubu, ‘m’, AKA ‘Chebe’, 40 years old, of Sagagi Quarters Kano, and Yakubu Abdulaziz, ‘m’, AKA ‘Wawo’, 21 years old, of Sabon Gida Sharada Quarters Kano, were arrested during a Sting Operation that lasted between 10pm of 17th January 2026 and 4am of 18th January 2026.”
