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20-year-old Adamu Mai-bisco has killed his father, mother, and two sisters in
cold blood at Batayya ward in Potiskum town, Yobe state.
It was gathered
that the incident happened last night around 11:35pm before a distress call to
the police led to arrest of the suspect.
The Police
Public Relations Officer, ASP Toyin Gbadegesin confirmed that the suspect used
a shovel to kill four of the family members and he was under investigation.
He
said they were yet to find motive behind the killing, though the suspect
confessed to the police that he had taken 'Tramol and Indian hemp' before
carrying out the killings.
A
witness, Malam Ibrahim said that "Ado as the suspect was fondly called by
his late mother came out of the house with a shovel and jack knife and said he had
wiped out his family.
"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" he said
A
neighbor who doesn’t want his name mentioned said that the
suspect 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.
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