The death toll from the May 15 bombing of a mosque in Gadan village, Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, has increased to 21.
On Thursday, it was reported that four additional victims succumbed to their injuries, up from the 17 fatalities previously reported on May 21.
The attack, which occurred during early-morning prayers, initially left 25 worshippers injured. While one individual died on the day of the incident, 20 others have since died at the Muhammed Specialists Hospital in Kano, leaving only four survivors.
This update was provided by Alhaji Bature AbdulAziz, Chairman of Friends of the Hospital, during a visit to the remaining victims with members of the Kano Business Community.
The bombing was carried out by 38-year-old Shafi’u Abubakar using a locally-made explosive device.
”We have so far lost 21 persons and we are left with only four other patients in the hospital,” AbdulAziz disclosed.
He commended the management of the hospital, for taking good medical care of the victims.
Abdul’Aziz, who is also the National President of the Patriotic Elders Forum, also commended the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, the wife of the Presient, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Kano State Government, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, and many others, for their donations to the victims.
He also thanked the Kano Business Community for donating N80,000 to each of the victims and also giving N20,000 to so many other patients currently on admission at the hospital.
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, had ordered the prosecution of the bombing mastermind before the Shariah Court, vowing that he would not hesitate to sign the death warrant if the suspect is convicted and sentenced to death.
According to the police, the suspect explained that “his action was purely in hostility, following a prolonged family disagreement over the sharing of inheritance of which those that he alleged to have cheated on him were in the mosque at that moment and he did that for his voice to be heard.”
On Tuesday, May 21, the suspect was taken before an Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Rijiyar Zaki, Kano, where he was arraigned on three counts bordering on “grievous hurt and culpable homicide”.
The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi, who appeared as the prosecution counsel, told the court that the defendant that at about 5:15 am on May 15, 2024, the defendant used petrol to set a mosque at Gadan Village on fire during subhi (dawn) prayer.
