full scale investigation into the circumstances
leading to the death of a leading professor of
Agriculture at the Ahmadu Bello University ABU,
Prof Ahmed Falaki who was killed in Kano on
February 15th following suspicions he was a
Boko Haram leader.
Narrating how his father was killed, one of the
sons of the late Professor said his father had
set out on a journey in his official car with his
younger brother and his driver to Bauchi state on
Saturday Feb. 14th to see a relative. As they
were returning to Kano, his car developed a flat
Tyre in Fala village in Tudun Wada LGA of Kano
State. He said according to his father's driver,
while fixing their tyre, some armed men riding on
a motorcycle accosted them and demanded for
the keys to his SUV which he advised his driver
to give to them. The armed men sped off with
his car. Shortly after, Fala villagers saw the
three men and accused them of being Boko
Haram members. They said the prof. was their
leader and had given the vehicle to their
members.
They started beating his father, his brother and
driver and afterwards dragged them to Kibiya
police station in Kibiya Local government area of
Kano state where the late professor was
accused of being a leader of the sect group.
According to the driver, despite the Professor
showing them his ABU ID card, they still insisted
he was a Boko Haram leader and that his ID
card was fake. The villagers continued beating
him with all kinds of weapons in the presence of
the police officers until he died inside the police
station.
The driver said when his boss died, the police
men and the villagers started jubilating that they
had killed a Boko Haram leader. Officers of the
states Special Anti-Roberry Squad SARS
afterwards came to collect his body and dropped
it off at the state hospital's morgue while the
driver and the Professor's brother were taken in
handcuff's to the hospital.
A search for the whereabouts of their father led
the children to the state morgue where they
discovered his body. The hospital management
informed them that a SARS officer had dropped
their father's body at the morgue. They decided
to call the SARS officer to find out what had
happened and the officer told them on phone
that their father was a Boko Haram leader and
that his brother and driver are suspects and
would soon be interrogated. The children
immediately contacted the ABU school authority
who contacted the police to inform them that
they had killed a leading agriculturist.
Speaking on the incident, the Kano state Police
Command PRO Majia denied any involvement of
the police in the murder of the Professor, saying
that it was the villagers that killed him outside
the police station premises. According to Mr
Majia, some gunmen had attacked the villagers
and in the process, two people were killed. He
said the villager,s suspecting the Professor was
one of the armed men, attacked him and killed
him.
The professor has since been buried.
The IG has now ordered a full scale investigation
into the matter. Below is a press statement from
the police.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman
Abba CFR, NPOM, NPM, mni, has viewed with
great concern the death in Kano, of Prof. Ahmed
Falaki of the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. He
has therefore ordered the Assistant Inspector-
General of Police in charge Zone 1, Kano, AIG
Tambari Muhammed to conduct an in-depth
forensic investigation on the incident with a view
to unraveling the circumstances surrounding the
attack and death of the renowned Professor of
Agriculture.
Meanwhile, some arrests have been made in
connection with the incident, and the late
professor’s vehicle has been recovered in Bauchi
State.
The IGP wishes to assure the deceased’s
immediate family and the general public that the
Police will do all it takes to meet the ends of
justice, while perpetrators of the unfortunate
incident will not go unpunished.
Ag. CP EMMANUEL C. S. OJUKWU, psc
FORCE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER,
FORCE HEADQUARTERS,
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