Man whose wife was murdered by Kano mob flees to the East, speaks: Dauda and other suspects acquitted by court killed my wife in my presence


Husband of Igbo trader killed in Kano, Pastor Mike Agbahime, tells GIBSON ACHONU about how his wife was murdered and his cry for justice

Can you give us a hint of your background?

I am Pastor Mike Agbahime, one of the senior pastors working at the Deeper Life Bible Church, Kano State. We (my late wife and I) were also into the business of plastic production in Kano. I am from Orodo, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.

How long have you lived in Kano State?

I have lived in Kano for the past 45 years. I left for Kano on Wednesday, February 17, 1971 and reached there four days later on Sunday, February 21, 1971.

What happened the day your wife was murdered?

I was in one of our shops on Thursday, June 2, 2015. We usually closed by 3:30pm and from the shop, we go to church. But there was one Dauda Ahmed, who had formed the habit of washing his legs (ablution) for prayers in front of my wife’s shop.

He did that each time he wanted to say his prayers. He would leave his shop, which was a bit far from my wife’s own, to do that. We reported the matter to the owner of the shop, one Alhaji Mustapha. Mustapha warned him many times to desist from doing that. He told him (Dauda) that if he wanted to do (ablution), he should do it in his shop. Also, the President of the Hausa Plastic Association in Kofar Wambai market, Kano, Alhaji Aminu, also warned him when the incident was reported to him. Aminu even told Dauda that they (market union) would take him to court, if he did not change. He (Dauda) continued. Dauda was also fond of putting his goods in front of my wife’s shop in the early hours of the day.

Before she got to the shop, he would occupy the frontage of the shop with his goods. Whenever he was told to stop doing that, he (Dauda) would start uttering abusive words.

On the day my wife was murdered, a call came from one of our church members (who also has a shop in the market) while I was waiting for my wife to leave the shop so that we could go to the church. He told me on phone that some Hausa people were making trouble with my wife. I asked him why and he answered, “I don’t know.” It was then I asked him to give my wife his phone so that I could talk with her. Do you know that the (Hausa mob) did not allow the man to give her the phone? It was then that I quickly packed my wares to go and find out the problem. As this was going on, I met the same man who was with my wife at the market. He said, “Daddy, don’t worry, they have left her (my wife).” Later, my wife appeared. She told me that it was the same Dauda that did ablution in the front of her shop. She said that she told Dauda, “Why won’t you allow me to finish packing before you start pouring your water for ablution in my shop?”

After telling Dauda this, she told me that he held her hand and asked her, “Mekai fatah?” This phrase means “What did you just say?” My wife asked him, “What right do you have to hold my hand?” She asked him to leave her hand. She stated that if he did not leave her, that she would use one of the plastic products in the shop to break his head. Immediately Dauda left her, he started shouting “Allah Akbar.”

What did you do?

I then told my wife that since Dauda had started his trouble again, that we should go and see Alhaji Mustapha, the owner of the shop.

What happened after?

Alhaji Mustapha ushered us in. He (Mustapha) told us to go and come back on Saturday, June 4, 2016, so as to speak with Dauda and settle the disagreement. His office was upstairs. But as we were leaving through the staircase, we saw a teeming mob with weapons. Alhaji Mustapha tried to disperse them. He told them in Hausa that he would resolve the matter the next Saturday. They started abusing him, throwing stones at him. They called him kafir, meaning somebody who does not know Allah. When Mustapha saw that the mob was getting more aggressive, he opened his office, told us to go in and locked it. When they saw that Alhaji Mustapha had let us in and locked his office, they continued shouting Allah Akbar. As they were shouting, many others joined them.

What did he (Mustapha) do when they were gathering in greater numbers?

It is painful to tell you that Alhaji Mustapha, seeing how aggressive they were, slumped. But before he slumped, he had called the police. The Divisional Police Officer of the area came in with two other policemen. The three could not calm the angry mob. The mob climbed up in their numbers, broke the window, and jumped in.

What were you doing with your wife while this was going on?

We were praying to God to save the situation. When they later entered the office where we were hiding, they hit my wife on the head with very heavy iron objects and she immediately slumped and died. Having completed their mission, they all went back. They did not touch me.

What did the police later do?

The DPO later came in after my wife was killed and asked me, “Is she dead?” He was the one who told the other policemen to bring the police vehicle, so that they could take her corpse to the mortuary. When they (mob) heard ‘mortuary’, they reinforced. When the DPO saw that they were coming in again in greater number, he called the area commander, complaining that they had killed my wife, adding that their own lives were in danger.

What happened next?

Not satisfied, the mob moved to my shop and vandalised it. They also smashed my car,which I bought not up to a year before the incident, to pieces.

Did the Kano State Government meet you after the incident to console you?

The true story was that on June 3, 2016, Governor Umaru Ganduje called a security meeting that involved all sheikhs, ulamas, state executive council members, Christian Association of Nigeria. Governor Ganduje condemned the act, saying it was un-Islamic.

Were there other developments?

While my wife was still in the mortuary, leaving me and our only son, the police arrested the suspects. They succeeded in arresting Dauda Ahmed and one other person. This was when Solomon Arase was the Inspector-General of Police. The then IG also dispatched a team of detectives from Abuja to Kano. The detectives arrested three suspects. I gathered from a reliable source that Dauda confessed to the crime in writing (in Hausa language), saying that he planned and killed my wife in order to take over the shop. The other suspects also confessed to the crime. I was later called by the police to identify all of them, which I did. This was because I knew all of them.

What is your assessment of the way the police handled the matter?

It is painful to disclose that after a while, the other two runaway suspects reappeared in the market. The police were informed about this development, but for a reason which I did not know, they (police) shielded them (from arrest). Again, when the police had completed their investigations, they told me that they were ready to prosecute the suspects. But for a reason best known to the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Kano State, he refused, for five months, to file a charge against Dauda and the other arrested suspects.

He (commissioner) refused to take the suspects to the High Court for prosecution. On the contrary, the police in Kano wrote to the then Deputy Inspector-General of Police, who is now the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, for advice. To the dismay of the general public and the international community, a court recently released the suspects, declaring them innocent. It is important to note at this point that the case was in the magistrates’ court for five months without being charged to High Court.

Before the day your wife was killed, has there been a threat of violence against your family?

No, there was nothing like such.

For how long were you married?

We got married on Saturday, November 20, 1982 and we have lived together for the past 34 years.

Did your wife ever complain to you that she was being threatened by any Muslim youth before the incident?

No, the only complaint she raised was about Dauda. Put simply, she was not in any trouble or had a problem with any person (Muslim), apart from Dauda Ahmed.


Did the Kano State Government meet you after the incident to console you?

Before the suspects were declared innocent, I went to him (Ganduje) to notify him that the suspects had not been charged to court. He said that he would do something about it, but never did. What he did was to pave the way for them (suspects) to be declared innocent of the murder case.

Why did you relocate from Kano State?

I had to relocate because I reliably gathered that some Muslims were planning to kill me. This was because I am the prime witness to the matter.

What fresh things did you learn about Nigeria after the matter, especially on the call for national unity?

The saying, “One Nigeria” is just mere balderdash. I say this because the leaders’ mistake is a ‘leading’ mistake. To buttress it, if our leaders cannot keep the oaths of their offices and cannot respect the sanctity of life and our constitution, there is no need to talk about oneness in Nigeria. I also say this because even if the constitution condemns killing in one part of the country and declares other people who killed in other state innocent, I wonder what kind of constitution that is.


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na to day?

only the afonjas believe that

Just Negodu how someone lost her Life over religious extremism by these Sunni Wahhabists/ Salafists

capatainrambo:
na to day?

only the afonjas believe that

U don make sense for ur mind abi?

Can these northerners understand what one's life mean?

Many Hausas are barbaric. Very disgusting people.

May God heal our land..this so called politicians have turned us against our self..

SamuelAnyawu:
Just Negodu how someone lost her Life over religious extremism by these Sunni Wahhabists/ Salafists

Stop being ridiculous. There was nothing in the story that explains it as a religious crime. Dauda confessed he killed her because he wanted to take over the shop. Whoever programmed you to think upside down hasn't done you good.

deeplow:


Stop being ridiculous. There was nothing in the story that explains it as a religious crime. Dauda confessed he killed her because he wanted to take over the shop. Whoever programmed you to think upside down hasn't done you good.

The fastest way he knew was using "Allah Akbar" Blasphemy because he knows the Northerners will never question him to know the truth. He knows his people are religious extremists. ..Sunni Wahhabism

deeplow:


Stop being ridiculous. There was nothing in the story that explains it as a religious crime. Dauda confessed he killed her because he wanted to take over the shop. Whoever programmed you to think upside down hasn't done you good.

mr man stop saying this..she was killed because those idiots think she blasphemed about there allah? Muslims are good loving people but those guys are extremist.don't defend the undefendeble

Justice will come. People worry about the straw that breaks the beast's back not realizing there were millions beneath. When the pushed push back don't get surprised.

Let's imagine an elderly muslim lady doing her legit biz in okigwe getting killed by christian/igbo men because she simply asked for them 2 give her some space to lock her shop and go home after a long day!









Let's imagine the uproar that will follow in nigeria (esp. Northern nigeria)



I can't even bring myself 2 imagine it!

adajiboyy:
mr man stop saying this..she was killed because those idiots think she blasphemed about there allah? Muslims are good loving people but those guys are extremist.don't defend the undefendeble

Were you there? The husband who was there was giving an account of things, and you, just an internet observer, are saying things just the way you assume them to be. There is extremism in the north, I wont argue with you on that, but nothing in the story pins the murder on extremism. The killer confessed to killing her because he wanted her shop.

Let's be objective.

SamuelAnyawu:



The fastest way he knew was using "Allah Akbar" Blasphemy because he knows the Northerners will never question him to know the truth. He knows his people are religious extremists. ..Sunni Wahhabism

Do you even know what Allahu Akbar means?

wen we say one nigeria is SCAM some pipul thought we were high on weeds. well enjoy ur one nijeriya with terrorist up north.

deeplow:


Do you even know what Allahu Akbar means?

God is great.... in the North where I stay it's a call to your brethren... My Man you know the truth go and tell your ppl to stop worshipping Religion and Worship God...... The Sufi's don't behave like you

When Nnamdi Kanu called Nigeria a zoo country where lawlessness strives, I did not argue, only the Afonjas did.

SamuelAnyawu:



The fastest way he knew was using "Allah Akbar" Blasphemy because he knows the Northerners will never question him to know the truth. He knows his people are religious extremists. ..Sunni Wahhabism

be lik say u no wan collect November salary abi. let senator catch u writing this.

SamuelAnyawu:
Just Negodu how someone lost her Life over religious extremism by these Sunni Wahhabists/ Salafists

they (northern extremist) said wat d suspects did was un-islamic, yet d suspect (dauda) n his terrorist brothers in crime were declared innocent of murder - a clear message dat killing infidels is not a crime in islam.
d same pipul will say acts of terrorism ar un-islamic, yet they will not hesitate to defend pipul who commit acts of terrorism.
never believe a word they tell u. taqiyya (lying) is their prime tool in decieving n commiting acts of terrorism n JIHAD against infidels.

Sorry for all the pains. One thing I want to advise the people from the South is this. A particular sect in Islam has embraced lynching of people who they consider 'infidel'. They have recruited their illiterate on the street while they are in the offices giving them executive backing. Even some of us that are muslims are not spared from this barbarism-go and ask the shiits.
My advice to you is to follow the lessons from the animals;They never go close to a point that their fellow are endangered.

mightyhazel:
Let's imagine an elderly muslim lady doing her legit biz in okigwe getting killed by christian/igbo men because she simply asked for them 2 give her some space to lock her shop and go home after a long day!









Let's imagine the uproar that will follow in nigeria (esp. Northern nigeria)



I can't even bring myself 2 imagine it!

for a pipul to murder n kill christians in d north becos of cartoon drawn in denmark, any kind of violence is expected from dem.

ednut1:
be lik say u no wan collect November salary abi. let senator catch u writing this.

For Speaking the truth? Are Yorubas not Muslims too? I grew up in the North and I know them so well.

Lol I'm under the payroll of an NGO owned by a brilliant Yoruba Man

deeplow:


Were you there? The husband who was there was giving an account of things, and you, just an internet observer, are saying things just the way you assume them to be. There is extremism in the north, I wont argue with you on that, but nothing in the story pins the murder on extremism. The killer confessed to killing her because he wanted her shop.

Let's be objective.

So the guy went to call a mob and told them he wanted to kill her because he wanted her shop and they willfully did it while shouting Allah Akbar.

E no go beta for d person when hide your drugs!

Dauda wanted to kill her to take her shop, but he couldn't do it alone and so he went to mobilize the mob on the pretense of Blasphemy (it has happened countless times, including a more recent case in Nassarawa where 7 people were burnt inside a house).

Supporting extremism makes you an extremist. I'm sure you know that?

-Lord

The northerners just have a way of soiling the islamic religion, I think its more of a people thing and not religious in anyway

He now wants to relocate and return home after losing his wife and business abi?

I do not understand and will NEVER understand any sane Igbo who for ANY reason decide to live with ndi Awusa in this present Nigeria.

Pack up and go home. They'll kill you, take over your wives, business, land and nothing will happen.

I've got no single empathy for the man.

After losing your wife

Others won't run until similar fate befalls them.

capatainrambo:
na to day?


only the afonjas believe that

Your sister was killed in the North and you are insulting afonja people. You see why people spits on you flat head. Shameless people.

and Deeper Life Bible Church dey ghostmode? hmmm...

I am ibo and I have no single pity for that man. He loves business and money more than his life. Living in the north alone I like signing his death warrant Now he has no wife and business. Can never be friends with the north. I told them last time to come back home but they refused.Let him leak his wounds

matrixmuzi:
I am ibo and I have no single pity for that man. He loves business and money more than his life. Living in the north alone I like signing his death warrant Now he has no wife and business. Can never be friends with the north. I told them last time to come back home but they refused.Let him leak his wounds

do you personally know the man?

Wow.. Northerners.

I just don't know what to say...

I'm just in full support of the Igbos now, if they want to leave let them go. They cannot come and kill themselves because of "One Nigeria". Oh God.

The North have everything planned by the way. See how Buhari is looking for every means to find oil in the North. Apart from that, the North has vast areas of untapped resources... Gold. If you have sense, you'll understand why nobody is mining them. Once they find oil, they leave us and they'll be self-sufficient.

Just one big masterplan, whilst using other regions representatives as pawns.