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The Digest:

Unknown assailants killed a pregnant woman and her 18-month-old son in a brutal home invasion in Kano’s Sheka Sabuwar Gandu community, leaving the area in shock and under heightened tension.

Key Points:
  • The victims were found burnt and lifeless by the woman’s husband upon returning from work.
  • Community leader Ahmad Sani lamented that a constructed police outpost remains unstaffed.
  • Residents are urgently calling on the Kano Police Commissioner to intervene.
  • Police spokesperson CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa stated the incident is still under investigation.
  • The attack has sparked renewed outcry over local security and police deployment.
  • The community feels abandoned despite prior efforts to establish a security presence.
  • No motive or suspects have been identified, deepening public anxiety and grief.
The tragedy underscores a painful reality: that safety often depends not just on infrastructure, but on the presence and responsiveness meant to guard it.

Sources: Daily Post Nigeria, Vanguard