The Kano State Police Command, in a statement signed by Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, Police Public Relations Officer, said the command received a distress call at approximately 12:10pm reporting the attack on the household of Haruna Bashir.
A woman identified as Fatima Abubakar and her six children were killed after unknown hoodlums broke into their home in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano State, on Saturday.
The Kano State Police Command, in a statement signed by Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, Police Public Relations Officer, said the command received a distress call at approximately 12:10pm reporting the attack on the household of Haruna Bashir.
The victims were attacked with dangerous weapons, resulting in fatal injuries.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, mobilised a police team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations, DCP Lawal Isah Mani, to the scene.
Bodies were evacuated and rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where they were pronounced dead.
A team led by ACP Wada Jarma, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice.
The police command extended condolences to the family, the people of Dorayi Chiranchi and Kano State.
The incident was also captured in a live video streaming on Facebook by Freedom Radio Nigeria on Saturday, January 17, 2027.
The report stated that unknown persons broke into the woman’s house, killed her and her children, and threw an infant into the well.