Zazzau prince arrested for allegedly killing own brother in Zaria

The Kaduna State Command of the Nigerian Police Force has arrested 58-year-old Abubakar Aminu, popularly known arsenic Galadima, implicit the alleged execution of his younger brother, Sani Yusuf, successful Zaria.

Sources confirmed to Zagazola Makama that the fishy was apprehended connected April 10, 2025, astir 2:30 PM, pursuing an probe into the brutal battle that took spot days earlier.

Both men are members of the royal lineage of the precocious Iyan Zazzau of the Zazzau Emirate, making the incidental peculiarly shocking for the community.

The confrontation reportedly began connected April 4, 2025, aft Yusuf accused Abubakar of stealing N15,000. In a acceptable of rage, Abubakar allegedly launched a convulsive onslaught connected his brother, repeatedly smashing his caput against the partition until helium mislaid consciousness. Witnesses accidental humor was seen flowing from Yusuf’s chemoreceptor and rima owed to the severity of the blows.

Realizing the gravity of his actions, Abubakar allegedly tried to conceal the situation. He covered Yusuf’s look with a wrapper, handed implicit his telephone to different household members—claiming Yusuf was simply sleeping—and past fled the scene.

Around 3:30 PM that day, relatives discovered Yusuf lying successful a excavation of blood. He was rushed to a backstage session but was denied treatment. The household past took him to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital successful Shika, wherever his information worsened. He passed distant successful the aboriginal hours of April 10, 2025, astatine astir 4:50 AM.

The household has since laid Yusuf to remainder successful accordance with section customs.

Police sources confirmed that Abubakar is present successful custody and that the lawsuit volition beryllium handed implicit to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) successful Kaduna for a thorough investigation.