Late President Yar’Adua’s son lands in prison for alleged MURDER

President Musa Yar’Adua’s son, Aminu Yar’Adua has been remanded in detention on suspicion of killing four persons in an automobile accident in Yola.

Aminu, 36, is a student at the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola, and on June 23, 2021, he was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed in court by police prosecutor Insp. Zakka Musa, Aminu was accused of crushing six people while driving through Yola bye pass on June 23, 2021.

The accident victims are from Sabon Pegi, Yola South Local Government Area, and it has been learned that four people died in the accident, while two others are being treated.

The FIR read;

“Those that died in the accident were identified as; Aisha Umar (30), Aisha Mamadu (32), Suleiman Abubakar(2) and Jummai Abubakar (30), while, Rejoice Annu (28) and Hajara Aliyu(27) sustained injuries.”

The late Aisha Umar’s relatives, Suleiman Abubakar and Jummai Abubakar, had claimed N15 million in compensation from the defendant.

Aminu, on the other hand, denied committing the crime and labeled it as false. Magistrate Jummai Ibrahim granted Zakka’s request to adjourn the case so that he could duplicate the case file and forward it to the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice. He then ordered Aminu to be remanded in custody before adjourning the case to August 19, 2021 for further mention.

Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was a Nigerian politician who was the President of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010. He was declared the winner of the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.