Anas Ibrahim, a Kano State-based engineer, has narrated how some Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officers from Naibawa, Kano, killed Dauda Ibrahim, his younger brother.

Ibrahim told FIJ that the NSCDC officials refused to take responsibility although it was obvious their recklessness led to Dauda’s death.

The engineer said that on August 12, an NSCDC vehicle speeding on a one-way lane crushed his brother and a friend on a motorcycle. The officers were said to be chasing some scavengers when the incident occurred.

Dauda suffered several fractures and a spinal cord damage, while Ali, his companion, sustained serious injuries.

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“Ali and Dauda were riding on a motorcycle when NSCDC officers who were chasing some scavengers, popularly called Yan Gwangwan crushed them,” Ibrahim told FIJ.

“Ali sustained injuries, while Dauda had fractures and a spinal cord damage which resulted in his death a few hours after the incident.”

Ibrahim said after the accident occurred, eyewitnesses present at the scene took Ali and Dauda to the hospital.

This was after they were incensed by NSCDC officials’ reluctance in taking urgent actions that could save the victims’ lives.

He said that the eyewitnesses and the NSCDC officials first went to the Central MTD Kofar Police Station to get a police report, the officials claiming that Ali and Dauda were their colleagues.

“After the officials had obtained a report from the police, they took Ali and Dauda to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital along Zaria Road, where Dauda passed away,” he said.

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Ibrahim said that his brother and Ali needed several IV drips and financial help for medical attention but the NSCDC officials refused to pay for them.

“The officials claimed they were only trying to help Ali and my brother. Later, Ali borrowed a nurse’s phone to inform his family about the incident. This was how my family got informed,” he said.

“When we arrived at the hospital, the doctors told us that Dauda needed to be admitted because he had lost a lot of blood and that the civil defence officers were not ready to assist financially. In the end, he bled to death, while Ali survived.

“I want justice for my brother. I cannot let him die like this. He is just 27. I want justice for Dauda.”

When FIJ called Abdullahi Kiyawa, Kano State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), on phone, he said he would investigate the incident.