The Kano State Police Command has arrested three suspects alleged to have murdered a housewife and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
According to a press statement signed by the state police public relations officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. shared on social media, Kano State Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, 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.
The statement revealed that the leader of the syndicate, Umar Auwalu, a nephew of the deceased housewife, confessed to the crime and also admitted that the same syndicate has carried out a series of gruesome killings and attacks in the recent past, including the killing and burning of two housewives at Tudun Yola Quarters Kano.
Recovered from the suspects are four items of clothing with blood stains, the deceased’s two mobile phones, a Cutlass, a Club (Gora), and some amount of money robbed at the scene, as well as dangerous weapons.
