August 06, (THEWILL) – A Magistrate’s Court in Yola, Adamawa State, on Thursday, remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, the son of the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four persons in an auto crash.
The 36-year old Aminu Yar’Adua, who is a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, was charged to court for supposedly causing the death of four persons by dangerous driving on 23rd June, 2021 in Adamawa State.
According to the police First Information Report (FIR) tendered in court by the Prosecutor, Inspector Zakka Musa, the Accused had, while driving along Yola bye-pass on 23 June, 2021, crushed six persons as a result of overspeeding.
THEWILL reports four of the victims were killed and the other two persons were injured in the accident.
According to the FIR, “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.”
Musa told the court that the relatives of late Jummai Abubakar, Suleiman Abubakar and Aisha Umar had demanded the sum of N15 million from the Defendant as compensation.
But, when the FIR was read to the Defendant as prayed by the Prosecutor, he denied committing the offence, describing the allegation as false.
At that point, the prosecuting officer pleaded with the court to adjourn the matter to enable him to duplicate the case file and forward it to the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
Upon which the Magistrate, Jummai Ibrahim, granted the prosecution’s request.
Ibrahim then adjourned the case to 19th August 2021, for further hearing.
The Magistrate also ordered that the ex-President’s son be remanded in prison custody pending the adjourned date for hearing.
