Musa Muhammad Kamarawa, a former Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to ex-Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has alleged that Abubakar Idris, popularly known as Dadiyata, was killed in his presence.
A screengrab containing Kamarawa’s claim, written in Hausa, is currently circulating on various social media platforms.
Kamarawa had also on Thursday written a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, alleging that certain officers had also threatened him.
Dadiyata, a Nigerian lecturer and outspoken government critic, was abducted by gunmen from his home in Kaduna on August 1, 2019, and remains missing.
His disappearance was heavily linked to his critical social media commentary, particularly regarding northern state governments.
Imran Wakili, a political commentator, who shared a post containing the allegation on his X handle, said Kamarawa’s new revelation is a golden opportunity to finally get to the bottom of the disappearance and alleged killing of Dadiyata.
According to him, “Such a statement cannot be ignored, brushed aside, or treated as ordinary political talk. It demands a thorough, transparent, and independent investigation.”
Similarly, Bakatsine, a counter-insurgency and security journalist in the northwest of Nigeria, reacted to the allegation.
In a post on X on Friday, Bakatsine called on authorities to investigate the allegation transparently.
“This is a weighty accusation involving enforced disappearance and alleged extrajudicial killings. The authorities must investigate transparently, and those responsible if found guilty must face justice,” Bakatsine wrote.
Meanwhile, DAILY POST reports that Kamarawa on Thursday accused two senior police officers, CSP Hussaini Gimba and CSP Hassan Gimba, of alleged extortion, illegal house search, seizure of property and conducting what he described as a “partial investigation” against him.
In a petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kamarawa alleged that the officers compelled him to conceal details of his relationship with the current Minister of State for Defence, Matawalle, during interrogation sessions.
“In the cause of investigation, I was coarse by them I shouldn’t make any attempt to disclose my relationship with former Governor of Zamfara State Dr Bello Matawalle current State Minister of Defence that was the main reason in all the Vedio clips they recorded on me under duress I have never disclosed our relationship with him because they treat (sic) to kill me as they killed Dadiyata and Saminu S/Fada Gusau amongst others in my presence at Operations Yaki Kaduna but they keep asking my relationship with my uncle former Governor of Sokoto State Alh Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa who was their main target as instructed by Matawallen Maradun.
“My concern is that I was the SSA to Matawallen Maradun during his tenure as a Governor in Zamfara State but why they never allow me to mention even in my statement which I wrote under duress, hence there’s a need to investigate the motive behind these. Attached herewith my letter of Appointment as SSA,” parts of his petition read.
Kamarawa further alleged that the officers repeatedly questioned him about his relationship with former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, whom he claimed was their “main target”.
