Unidentified gunmen have beheaded Mrs. Amina
Suleiman, the daughter of the Director General of
Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Tanko Al –
Makura’s Campaign Organisation, Mr. Musa Illu.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased, who was
seven months pregnant, was assassinated on
Monday in her home in Katsina State.
It was gathered that her husband, Mr.
Mohammed Suleiman, was on his way to Zaria
at the time of the incident.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro in Lafia, the
Nasarawa State capital, Illu’s younger brother,
Namairo Babai, said late Amina was found in a
pool of blood.
He further explaned that the victm’s head was
separated from her body, while a knife protruded
from her stomach.
Babai said, “Her husband was on his way to the
ABU Zaria when the incident happened.
“After the weekend when he tried calling, but
couldn’t get her, he sent someone to check.
“The person that that went to the couple’s
apartment later called back and told him that his
wife had been slaughtered.
“Late Amina was killed in her home in faraway
Katsina State.
“Her husband was on his way to Zaria for his
doctorate degree programme.”
Babai added that Amina, who got married two
years ago, had been buried on Tuesday in her
husband’s home town in Katsina State.
When our correspondent visited the deceased
family house along Shendam road, Lafia,
Nasarawa, State, sympathisers and family
members were seen consoling the father, who
was weeping uncontrollably.
Among those sighted was the wife of the
governor, Mrs. Salamatu Al-Makura.
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