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I’m pained police killed my husband seven months after our marriage –Widow of slain Bauchi shopkeeper

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A 33-year-old shopkeeper, Dauda Dandali, was on July 8 arrested at his store by policemen from Yelwa Division, Bauchi State. The next day, the police instructed his family members that he had died. In these interviews with ARMSTRONG BAKAM, the 50-year-old mom of the deceased, Mrs Deborah Danladi, and his younger widow, Altine Danladi, 28, discuss their ache and demand for justice

In what circumstances did your husband die?

My husband and I wakened on the morning of Thursday, July 8, 2021 and he was hale and hearty. We had our morning devotion, after which I ready breakfast. After that, we went into the toilet and bathed collectively. Thereafter, we had breakfast collectively. Then, I dished meals right into a meals flask for him to take to his store, so he might eat later. I left him at dwelling whereas I left for the non-public college the place I train. He, too, later left for his store.

I often shut from work at 1.30pm, and after I closed for the day, I known as to ask him if he needed me to carry meals for him on the store, however he mentioned he had some left from the one I dished for him within the morning.

Earlier than we parted methods within the morning, he gave me N2,000 to purchase maize and grind, so we cook dinner ‘swallow’. Once I bought again dwelling, I went to his store and nonetheless took meals to him. I left him and went to the salon to scrub my hair and did manicure and pedicure. From there, I went to a store near his and purchased the maize however the cash was not sufficient. Once I instructed him, he pleaded with the vendor to allow us to steadiness the fee the next day.

Once I bought again dwelling, I did some home chores and I began cooking dinner. Whereas I used to be at it, certainly one of my neighbour’s kids ran to inform me that my husband had been arrested. I instantly left what I used to be doing, locked my door and rushed to the store. My husband’s neighbour had gone into his store and gathered all of the handsets that he was charging earlier than his arrest, so he gave them to me and I locked his store. I known as my mother-in-law and instructed her what had occurred and he or she instructed me to be calm. I additionally known as my sister-in-law. All his siblings stored calling me, saying I ought to be calm because it was the police that arrested him.  They mentioned we’d go to the station the next day to bail him.

The next day, my mother-in-law and I went to the station however they instructed us that it was too early to go to. They instructed us to hold round until 10am. Some minutes to 10am, we went again and requested to see Dauda Danladi. They stored calling however Dauda didn’t come out; they instructed us that there was no person with such identify. Once I insisted, they known as once more and a boy known as Dauda got here out however I instructed them he wasn’t the one.

Whereas we have been there getting confused, a policeman requested me to return inside and requested me if my husband was sick? However I instructed him that my husband was very effectively. Then he instructed me that my husband fell sick and had been taken to hospital.

Later, a person in mufti got here and requested us to enter one other workplace and requested us to take a seat down. After we sat down, he then instructed me that my husband had died.

What was your response when he mentioned that?

I grew to become confused and I began shouting and crying. My sister-in-law, who was outdoors, heard my voice and rushed in. When she learnt about what had occurred, she fainted. After awhile, she was revived and began to scatter issues within the workplace. She picked a stone and broke the glass window. They then began beating her like a legal.

The police claimed my husband died of bronchial asthma, however that may be a lie, my husband wasn’t asthmatic.

How do you are feeling about this?

I can’t describe how I really feel, actually (crying) I didn’t….I by no means (crying) anticipated this…It is rather early. Our marriage was simply seven months and now …(crying). He mentioned he opened that store majorly to have the ability to meet my wants and to make me completely satisfied. His mom even bought a bit of land for him to farm however he mentioned he’d desire to remain within the store as a result of it might pay him extra. The ladies promoting round him is aware of that anytime I went to his store and had a necessity for cash, I might simply go in and take the quantity I wanted and went to purchase no matter I wanted. That was how we have been dwelling collectively in peace.

What are your calls for now?

I demand justice for my husband as a result of he was wholesome and was by no means wayward nor was he into medication. He was at his enterprise place, attempting to supply for his household, and he by no means did any fallacious.

I need everybody concerned within the dying of my husband to be punished; they need to face the wrath of that regulation as a result of they took the lifetime of an harmless man. They need to be punished and they need to be faraway from the Police Power as a result of they don’t should be there.

Cop who killed my son gained’t escape God’s wrath –50-year-old mom

How did you study concerning the dying of your son?

My son was arrested in entrance of his store by the police on Thursday evening. I went to the police station with my daughter-in-law and requested them for my son. They instructed me that he was within the hospital. I requested them which hospital they took him to, however they refused to inform me. They instructed me to go and convey his drugs. However I instructed them that my son was very wholesome and that he had by no means been admitted right into a hospital over 30 years now since I gave beginning to him. He might complain of a headache over one or two days, nevertheless it by no means bought past that. In the long run, they instructed me that my son was lifeless. Similar to that!

My son was in his store; he was hale and hearty and also you inform me that he’s sick and now lifeless? If he was sick, would he have come and open his store? They stored wielding their weapons in a bid to scare us and my aunty’s eldest son was virtually hit with their gun.

How do you are feeling about this?

I didn’t know that the police kill the very individuals they’re supposed to guard. If there gained’t be justice in Nigeria, then, there’s a massive drawback. My son’s blood won’t ever go in useless; it would by no means go in useless. If I carried him in my womb for 9 months, gave beginning to him and he sucked my breasts, then, his dying won’t ever go in useless. God, who judges, will avenge for me. You pressured my son out of his store, took him away and killed him with a stick; they hit him with a stick; God will decide them, God will avenge and get justice for me!

That is life we’re speaking about. I carried him in my womb for 9 months; I really feel so unhappy, devastated and pained. I really feel that if that they had killed me, it might have been higher for me. It’s good for a kid to bury his dad and mom however immediately, am I the one that can bury my very own son. Is that this good?

What sort of an individual was your son?

He by no means bought me offended in his youth. When he bought into secondary college, he had buddies who drank and smoked however he refused to affix them. There was a time he stayed for 5 days at dwelling in his room and after I requested him if he wasn’t going out along with his buddies, he instructed me that he wouldn’t. The subsequent day, I requested why he wasn’t going out along with his buddies, then he requested me if I needed him to study the unhealthy methods of his buddies. The truth is, it was as a result of he didn’t wish to be with these sorts of buddies that he left Bauchi State for Gombe State  for his secondary college training. If he had been dwelling a wayward life, our church wouldn’t have been totally concerned since this incident occurred.

My husband died since 1997 and since Dauda completed his NCE, he has been attempting loads of issues, simply to make ends meet. Every time he bought one thing, he would give us to take of the wants in the home however immediately, they’ve taken his life.

Now, what would you like?

The authorities ought to give us justice on this case. What I need them to do is repair this nation. Prior to now, should you have been working from hazard, a policeman would defend you however immediately, they’re the identical people who have killed my son. However the God whom I serve and the God who listens to the prayers of the widows, if he solutions prayers, he’ll avenge for me.

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