A 37-year-old man has allegedly murdered his parents in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa state.
Spokesperson of Jigawa police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, disclosed this in a statement in Dutse on Thursday.
Mr Shiisu said the suspect was arrested after he allegedly attacked his father, mother and two others with a wooden pestle.
Those attacked by the suspect are, Ahmad Muhammad, 70, Hauwau Ahamadu, 60, Kailu Badugu, 65 and Hakalima Amadu, 60.
He said that a team of policemen evacuated the victims to Gumel General Hospital, where Ahmadu Muhammad and Hauwau Ahmadu were certified dead by a medical doctor due to the injuries they sustained in the attack.
Shiisu said the other two victims were on admission at the hospital for treatment.
“Today, at 11:30 a.m., information received had it that one Munkaila Ahmadu of Zarada-Sabuwa village in Gagarawa LGA of Jigawa, used a wooden pestle and attacked the following persons:
“Ahmadu Muhammad, the village Head of Zarada-Sabuwa, Hauwa Ahmadu, Kailu Badugu and Hakalima Amadu, all of Zarada -Sabuwa village in Gagarawa LGA.”
He said preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased were the biological parents of the suspect.
