Yar’Adua’s
mum robbed
From JACOB EDI, Abuja
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

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President
Yar’Adua
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Burglars from hell took caution to the wind before dawn on
Monday as they broke into the family house of President Yar’Adua
in Katsina and robbed his ageing mother, Hajiya Dada Yar’Adua
in her bedroom.
Daily Sun learnt that the robbers beat the
security around the house to have access to the room where
the about 80-year-old mother of the president was sleeping
through the air conditioner opening.
The president’s mum reportedly did not wake up during
the operation, as she was believed to have been hypnotized.
A source in Katsina told Daily Sun that Hajiya Yar’Adua
only woke up to find that her room was in disorder and some
of her jewelries had been removed.
The source, however, said the thieves were unable to unscramble
the safe in the room to have access to its contents.
It was gathered that as early as 5 a.m. during the Muslim
early morning Subhi prayers, the president’s younger
brother, Alhaji Jafaru had reportedly been informed by his
mother about the incident. He in turn went to one of the president’s
sisters, Hajiya Hadi, to alert her to the development.
It could not be ascertained at press time whether the president
had been informed, but it was gathered that the modest family
house in Katsina, where the robbery took place was agog with
family members and neighbours who were on hand to show their
sympathies.
Monday’s incident has further raised questions about
insecurity in the country where robbers walk easily into the
bedroom of the mother of the president, even as there had
been reported cases of politically-motivated killings in the
state.
It was gathered that just last week, chairman of a local government
in the state was killed and his body dumped on the street,
just as Muktari Kakumi, assistant director, media, Katsina
Agriculture and Rural Development Authority (KTARDA) was reportedly
murdered in cold blood recently.
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