Some members of the Nigerian Police Force in Kaduna State have been accused of killing Engr Abdurraheem Mustapha, a graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
According to reports, Mustapha was pursuing his Master’s degree in Engineering at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, juggling it with a job in Abuja, up until his death.
Family sources who spoke to reporters said, “On Friday, August 29 2025, on his way to NDA for lectures, his life was cut short” in what was described as the “most painful and unjust way near Garkuwa Junction, in Kaduna State.”
It was stated that “the Kaduna State Police van knocked down the motorcycle he was riding.” His elder brother, Sabiu Mustapha Abubakar, further narrated the incident that led to his death.
“He was on a bike on that Friday when the police van, which was following one-way, came speeding, they hit him on the head while the bike he was on was in motion, you know the way they do while clearing the way and speeding on a major road. He sat at the back of the bike, so they hit him with the stick on the back of his head. The people there insisted that he must be taken to a hospital, that was what made the police personnel take him to the hospital. When they realised the situation was serious, they fled. At the hospital, it was confirmed that he died from the force of the stick used to hit him; his body did not suffer any bodily harm, but for the heavy bamboo stick, which is popularly called Gora, used in hitting him and killing him,” Abubakar added.
