The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has directed the prosecution of the suspected mastermind of last week’s bombing of a mosque at Gadan village, Gezawa Local Government Area of the state
The governor said the mastermind, identified as Shafi’u Abubakar, should be prosecuted before the Shariah court.
He vowed that he would not hesitate to sign the d3ath warrant if the court found the 38-year-old guilty and sentenced him to d3ath.
Yusuf noted that the d3ath toll in the last Wednesday incident had risen to 15.
According to the police, Abubakar threw a locally-made bomb at the mosque while worshippers were inside observing the early morning prayers.
Over 20 persons were hospitalised after the incident that immediately k!lled one person.
The governor, on Sunday evening, paid a visit to the hospitalised victims at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano.
Speaking during the visit, Yusuf said, “Whatever the court decides, we will ensure that the victims of the Gadan village arson get justice and if it condemns him to death after finding him guilty, we will not hesitate to sign the death warrant.”
The governor noted that police investigation had established that the incident was not a terror or politically motivated attack but a family disagreement over inheritance.
Yusuf said, “For the avoidance of any doubt, the incendiarism that led to the d3ath of 15 out of the 24 victims was neither politically motivated nor a terrorist attack on the residents of the state.”
The governor donated N100,000 to each of the victims.
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