Man drags Bauchi Deputy Speaker’s son to court

Hon Saleh Dumba (Deputy Speaker, BAHA)

The son of the Deputy Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly Saleh Jumba, has been dragged to Sharia court number 3 for allegedly killing a man by his vehicle.

It was alleged that the Deputy Speaker’s son killed one Husseini Ibrahim by knocking him down with his car and the family of the deceased has gone to court to seek for compensation of N35 million known as Diyya in Islam.

Speaking to newsmen in Bauchi, the deceased’s twin brother, Hassan Ibrahim who said that the family decided to drag the accused Abubakar Adamu to court to seek justice as provided for in the Sharia law noted that life has become difficult for Husseini’s two wives and seven children since he was sent to his early grave at Bakin Kura in Bauchi.

According to Hassan, his brother was killed when Adamu lost control of his car and hit Husseini on his motorcycle before ramming into a house in March 2012.


He said the family decided to go to court because the family of the Deputy Speaker whose son’s reckless driving resulted in the unfortunate death of their brother did not show any remorse or pity upon the poor family.

He said “I received a called that my brother Husseini was hit by a car at Bakin Kura in Bauchi State and was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching hospital. He had serious head injuries.

“Luckily, the man who rushed to the scene and took both my brother and the driver Abubakar Adamu was a policeman. To our surprise, the Deputy Speaker came to the teaching hospital and removed his son and transferred him to General Hospital, Tahsna Babaye. When the policeman who brought them to the teaching hospital asked why he did that without police report, he told him that the policeman had no right to questioned him.

“We were surprised when we learnt that Abubakar Adamu was discharged from the hospital after three days and even travelled to Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage.

“They left our brother in the hospital and he died six days later. Not once did they visit to know how the children and wives he left behind are faring. The vehicle that Adamu was driving which he used to knock my brother was released to him by the police and we heard he has been driving it around town.”

He added, “After  the death of my  brother, the Deputy Speaker sent emissary from the Emir of Dass Alhaji Bilayaminu led by the state Commissioner of Information, Engineer Damina and urged us not to go to court and that they would do something to alleviate the suffering of the deceased family.

“Unfortunately since then nothing has been heard from the accused family. When we approached the court, they sent a lawyer that they would settle out of court but they kept evading us and as I speak to you now, we have not heard from them. My brother’s second wife was pregnant and two months after Husseini’s death, she delivered a boy and up till now they don’t know how the family is faring.”