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Despite Arrests, Whereabouts Of Rarara’s Mother Unknown |
Despite the arrest of two suspects in connection with the kidnap of Hajiya Halima Adamu, mother of the famous Hausa singer, Dauda Adamu Rarara, her whereabouts remain unknown 24 hours later.
Recall that Hajiya Hauwa’u was kidnapped in the early hours of Friday from her residence in Kahutu village, Danja LGA, and taken to an unknown location.
According to a source in the village, the bandits stormed the village around 1am Friday and abducted the elderly woman.
“The bandits came on foot and silently because they did not fire a single shot during the operation that lasted for just a few minutes. The woman did not resist when the bandits requested her to go along with them.”
“Although the bandits encountered other people at the house, they only took Rarara’s mother, leaving the others behind. There was no attempt to confront the bandits while they were leaving the house because they were armed with guns,” the source said.
However, hours later, the police in Katsina State said they had arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction.
The police spokesman in Katsina, ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, in a statement Friday evening, said the two suspects were being interrogated by the authorities.
Attempts to speak to Rarara yesterday proved abortive as his mobile phone line was switched off, and he didn’t respond to a text message sent to him by our reporter.
Rarara was the chairman of presidential singers during the former President Muhammadu Buhari administration, and his songs played a significant role in mobilizing supporters for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, especially among the Hausa-speaking communities in Nigeria.
