A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua,
36, son of late former President Umaru Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly
killing four people in an auto crash in Yola, Adamawa State.
Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of Nigeria, Yola, was
charged to court for allegedly causing death by dangerous driving on 23
June, 2021.
According to the Police First Information Report tendered in court by
the prosecutor, Insp. Zakka Musa, the accused had, while driving along
Yola bye-pass on 23 June, 2021, ran over six people as a result of
overspeeding.
The court heard that four of the victims were killed and the other two
were injured in the accident, with the victims all hailing from Sabon
Pegi, Yola South Local Government Area of teh state.
But, when the FIR was read to the defendant as prayed by the
prosecutor, he denied committing the offence, describing the allegation
as untrue.
The Magistrate, Jummai Ibrahim, granted the prosecution’s request and
adjourned the matter to 19th August, 2021, for further mention, and
ordered that the ex-president’s son be remanded in prison custody until
then.
