How My Husband Was Killed - Pastor’s Wife
Wife of 35-year-old Pastor Ayuba Moriya who was
reportedly killed by Gunmen in Bauchi on Saturday recounts how her
husband was murdered.
According to Eyewitnesses, the Gunmen stormed the pastor’s house at
Dilimi Village in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State around
11pm.
Residents said the gunmen gain access to the pastor’s house through
the back-door after a failed attempt to destroy the main gate made of
iron.
According to a resident who said nobody could rescue the family from the hands of the heavily armed killers said: “There was sound of gunshots and screams and so we ran away”.
The widow, Mrs. Rifkatu Ayuba Moriya, amid tears,
while narrating
what happened said the gunmen were over 20 as they stormed their house
wearing army uniforms.
She said: “On getting to the house, they told me that they were
here to kill my husband. We were not left with any option than to say
our last prayer. They dragged my husband outside and shot him severally
while others macheted him until he died.”
Rifkatu said the gunmen had wanted to kill her two-year-old son with
an option to abduct their daughter while others said they should kill
her.
She said that three other people staying in the mission house had to
flee with one seriously injured while the gunmen raided the place and
carted away unspecified mount of money.
“When they killed my husband, they demanded for money and later
they ransacked the whole house looking for more with a threat to kill
all of us, but I had to beg them to spare our lives before they left.
They shot sporadically into the air,” Rifkatu said.
The widow, who blamed the government for the security challenges in
the state, however said her husband had repeatedly reported threats to
his life to the authorities, but nothing was done to that effect.
The incident, Daily Sun gathered, was reported at the Toro Police
Division Security agents deposited the body at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
University Teaching Hospital mortuary, Bauchi for autopsy.
The police command’s spokesman, DSP Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the
killing said the attacker used a dane gun to kill Pastor Moniya and
carted away with undisclosed cash, properties.
Mohammed said policemen retrieved three empty cartridges while investigation has started.
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