CAPITAL POST recalled that the Assembly Speaker’s father was abducted two months ago along with his wife, three weeks old baby and three other family members.
But the elder brother of the late Speaker’s father, Malam Dahiru Saraki Magarya told newsmen on Saturday in Gusau that he died of heart attack while in captivity.
Malam Magarya who was also abducted alongside others was among this luckily rescued by the police in collaboration with military and were brought to the the command headquarters in Gusau on Saturday.
Magarya revealed that a popular bandits leader, Kachalla informed him a day to their rescue that his brother, has died as a result of heart attack.
“Although, we were separated when they kidnapped us, they took my brother to other camp but it was Kachalla, one of the commander of the Bandits who told me about the death of my brother as a result of heart attack few hours to our rescue,” he said.
Also, the wife of the Speaker Magarya’s father identified as Hauwa’u Mu’azu Abubakar Magarya who was kidnapped along with her three months baby, husband and three others said she heard one of the bandits saying her husband has died.
“When I heard him saying my husband is dead, I was shocked but I submitted everything to Almighty God and I told my people that we were kidnapped together but they ignored my information,” she added. On August 5, 2021, Bandits in their hundreds stormed Magarya town in Zurmi local government of Zamfara state before they kidnapped their victims.
