- By Halimah Olamide
three more of the victims died on Wednesday, raising the figure to 11 from the eight casualties recorded on Wednesday
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the rise in death records of the bombing incident at a mosque in Gadan Village, Gezawa Local Government Area of the state to 11.
The police spokesman in Kano, Abdullahi Haruna, made this known
NPO had earlier reported that a resident of the state, Shafiu Aminu, on Wednesday set the mosque on fire, therefore causing panic.
Haruna said three more of the victims died on Wednesday, raising the figure to 11 from the eight casualties recorded on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the police had on Wednesday said they arrested the 38-year-old culprit involved in the incident.
“The suspect is Shafi’u Abubakar, aged 38, who said his action was purely in hostility, following a prolonged family disagreement over sharing of inheritance of which those that he alleged to have cheated on him were in the mosque at that moment and he did that for his voice to be heard”
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 1, Umar Sanda, confirmed the incident when a delegation of security personnel paid a visit to the victims at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital.
“What happened is not associated with any act of terrorism, rather it was a skirmish that arose as a result of inheritance distribution.
“The suspect was said not to be satisfied with the distribution and was reacting to that. He is presently with us and is giving out useful information.
“Out of the 24 that were admitted here, one is dead. It is really unfortunate. He used a locally-made bomb to commit the crime,” he said.
The State commissioner of police, Usaini Gumel, earlier confirmed that Mr Abubakar had told investigators that he targeted the worshippers over a family dispute over the sharing of an inheritance.