A widow of eleven years with 9 kids, Aisha Hassan, has accused operatives of the Niger Atmosphere Police command of killing his 27-year-old son, Sani Khalid, in chilly blood.
Arewa PUNCH accumulated that the incident came about within the Angwa-Kaje branch of Maitumbi, Minna, Chanchaga Native Executive Branch of Niger Atmosphere, the place she lived along with her kids earlier than Khalid was once allegedly killed by means of a police bullet.
Aisha, 45, informed our correspondent that she and her kids have been napping of their rental round 3am when Khalid stood up and went outdoor to get some pristine breeze because of the recent climate statuses.
She stated earlier than she knew what was once going down, she heard an drawing near police patrol automobile and likewise heard a gunshot. When she heard the second one gunshot, Instinctively, she informed the youngsters who have been along with her that any person were shot.
Aisha straight away ran outdoor to search for Khalid, and to her trauma, she discovered Khalid mendacity on a bench within the close by store of a Mai Shai or tea supplier.
In keeping with the widow, she cautiously was at the place Khalid was once mendacity i’m sick and shook him to rise and are available inside of the home, however Khalid didn’t react. When she repeated the office, Khalid fell i’m sick from the bench useless.
Aisha stated she started to yell that the police had killed her son. Neighbours who have been getting in a position for the occasion’s Muslim fasting consultation quickly accumulated round to console her pace some briefly took the frame of Khalid to a close-by health facility the place the medical doctors showed that he were shot lifeless.
Narrating her ordeal, she informed Arewa PUNCH right through an unique interview: “My identify is Aisha Hassan. I misplaced my husband 11 years in the past. We had 9 kids, however one died, and I’m now gone with 8 kids.
“At the evening that he died, he was once in reality killed identical to that. We have been all in the home round 3am. When Sani were given up and stated he was once moving to hurry some pristine breeze.
“In a while next, I heard the pitch of a police patrol automobile, and it was once nearest adopted by means of a gunshot. Once I heard the second one gunshot, I instinctively informed my kids that any person were shot. I left the room to search for Sani. I discovered him mendacity on a bench at a mai shai’s store. I was at wake him to inform him to return inside of the home.
“I shook him, however he was once useless. I attempted to shake him once more, and he rolled right down to the ground. I started to yell that the police had shot my son. Community came to visit there and stated we must hurry him to the health facility. After we were given to the health facility, the medical doctors showed him lifeless.
“Sani, my son, was like the family’s breadwinner after my husband died. He was a footballer and used to do some trading in the market, but now that the police have killed him, they should bring back my son.”
Some neighbours within the Angwa Kaje branch informed Arewa PUNCH that the policeman who shot Khalid was once clearly under the influence of alcohol when he shot the gun, as he additionally tried to kill the mai hai however the mai shai narrowly escaped.
In keeping with some of the neighbours, he stated Khalid was once unarmed and mendacity at the mai shai’s bench when the bullet crash him. They identified that the park was once calm because it was once nonetheless very early within the morning.
“The policeman was drunk when he came down from the patrol van. He just shot at Khalid in the stomach while he was on the bench. He also tried to shoot the mai shai, but he escaped from the shop. We were getting ready for our fasting, and there was no disturbance. We were just wondering what the police came to do when we heard the sound of their patrol van,” some of the neighbours who gave his identify as Ibrahim informed our correspondent.
When Arewa PUNCH visited Aisha at her Angwa Kaje house, she was once nonetheless in a mourning temper with over 50 Muslim girls who got here to reassurance and condole her. All of them sat at the flooring at the premises, talking in hushed tones.
Aisha, who may now not discuss the English language, spoke back to questions thru an interpreter who accompanied Arewa PUNCH.
In the meantime, the Niger Atmosphere Police command spokesman Wasiu Abiodun showed Khalid’s killing, announcing it was once a stray bullet that crash Kalid.
He additionally stated the youthful within the branch have been inflicting unrest right through the incident.
On the other hand, he was once still at the allegation that the policeman who shot the bullet that killed Khalid was once inebriated.
Abiodun merely said, “On 10/3/2025 at about 3am, a Police patrol crew hooked up to Maitumbi gained a misery name that some youthful have been inflicting unrest on the Angwan-Kaje branch of Maitumbi
“The crew mobilised to the branch, and sadly, the crew was once attacked by means of the youthful with stones. In a bid to disperse the men, some of the patrol crew participants fired gunshots, and stray bullets allegedly crash one Sani Khalid of the similar deal with at the abdomen
“The Police Command gained the grievance of the alleged taking pictures, and DPO Maitumbi has been directed to research and establish the team of workers who allegedly dedicated such an office for additional vital motion.
“Further development and action taken will be made known to the public in due course,” Abiodun concluded.