A Magistrate’s Court in Yola, Adamawa State, on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, son of late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola.
Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on 23 June, 2021.
Police First Information Report, FIR, tendered in court by the prosecutor, Inspector Zakka Musa, stated that the accused had, while driving along Yola bye pass on 23 June, 2021, crushed six people as a result of over speeding.
The court was told that four of the victims were killed and the other two were injured in the accident, with the victims all hailing from Sabon Pegi, Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The FIR stated, “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.”
The prosecuting officer told the court that the relatives of late Aisha Umar, Suleiman Abubakar and Jummai Abubakar 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 untrue.
At that point, the prosecutor pleaded with the court to adjourn the matter, to enable him duplicate the case file and forward to the Department of Public Prosecutions, DPP, for legal advice.
The Magistrate, Jummai Ibrahim, granted the prosecution’s request and adjourned the matter to 19th August, 2021, for further mention, and ordered that the former President’s son be remanded in prison custody until then.
