- Safiu Kehinde
Muhammad Musa, a former aide to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has disclosed that the missing Kaduna-based activist, Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, was alleged killed in his presence by police officers.
Musa, in a post shared on his Facebook handle on Thursday, identified the officers and twin brothers who killed the activist as CSP Hussaini Gimba and CSP Hassan Gimba.
He recounted how he had been arrested by the officers and detained alongside Dadiyata at Operations Yaki Kaduna.
Musa claimed that the officers, while interrogating him, threatened to kill him like they murdered Dadiyata and another detained man he identified as Saminu S/Fada Gusau.
Meanwhile, the self-acclaimed ex-aide to Matawalle raised public eyebrow with his claim that the officers ordered not to mention the former Zamfara governor’s name while being interrogated and forced to make a confessional statement.
“In the cause of investigation, I was coarse by them that I shouldn’t make any attempt to disclose my relationship with former Governor of Zamfara State Dr Bello Matawalle current State Minister of Defence.
“That was the main reason in all the Vedio clips they recorded on me under duress I have never disclosed our relationship with him because they treat to kill me as they killed Dadiyata and Saminu S/Fada Gusau amongst others in my presence at Operations Yaki Kaduna.
“But they keep asking my relationship with my uncle former Governor of Sokoto State Alh Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa who was their main target as instructed by Matawallen Maradun.
“My concern is that I was the SSA to Matawallen Maradun during his tenure as a Governor in Zamfara State but why they never allow me to mention even in my statement which I wrote under duress.
“Hence there’s a need to investigate the motive behind these.” He wrote.
While being questioned in Hausa by a Facebook user over his claim about the murder of Dadiwata, Musa affirmed that the activist was killed.
“I swear by Allah, Hussaini Gimba killed him.” He added.
Recall that Dadiwata, was on August 2, 2019 abducted by unidentified armed men from his residence in Barnawa, Kaduna State.
His disappearance sparked widespread outrage, leading to the #WhereIsDadiyata campaign and calls for accountability from human rights organizations, including Amnesty International