By Joseph Edegbo
Kaduna (Nigeria) – Abdulkareem Ahmed Balele has cried out over the abduction and subsequent detention of his brother, Bashir Ahmed by the Army for what he called unjust cause.
According to him, there was no basis for the arrest and detention of his brother, Bashir Ahmed popularly known as Hammadada over suspiciously framed allegations of culpable murder, robbery and criminal conspiracy .
Abdulkareem Balele told a News conference in Kaduna, northwest of the country that his brother is not a criminal and has not killed anybody in the state as being alleged .
“My brother, Bashir Hamadada is an Islamic teacher with a private school and he is a Personal Aide to Senator Shehu Sani on Islamic matters. As far as we know, he is not a criminal. We don’t know why he was picked in the first place.
Narrating how it began, Abdulkareem said his brother was abducted by men of the 1 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna on Tuesday 30th January 2018 and called on appropriate authorities concern to come to his aid and ensure justice is done.
He explained that Bashir who is asthmatic and diabetic was “first abducted on the 8th December, 2017 by some men in army uniform came in a Hilux vehicle and dragged his brother to a place called Kakau, following which he rushed to Sabo Police Station to report the incident.
“After serious efforts by the Police to help us without any result, six days later precisely on the 14th December, 2017, we got a call from 1 Div, telling us that Bashir is in their custody and that we should come and get him.
“When we got there to find out the allegation against him, they told us it was a case of mistaken identity then we took him to the hospital, because he is a diabetic patient and has not taken his medications since his adoption.
“Few days after his release, Bashir was holding a meeting with Kaduna South indigenes at Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi Mosque on the way forward for Kaduna South then we heard someone shouting that Bashir’s car was being vandalised outside.
“Again we reported the case at Tudun Wada Police Station and we had witnesses who were there to testify but nothing was done about it as we speak.
“To our greatest surprise, in the early hours of Tuesday, while we were standing outside, three Hilux vehicles with about 20 men in army uniform surrounded us and they came out and told him they are there to take him away, when he requested them to identify themselves, they refused to show their identity card but said they are military men.
“They dragged him into the vehicle and asked me to move away, when I asked where they are taking him to, they said 1 Div. without any further explanation.
“At about 7:30pm on Wednesday, 31stJanuary, 2018 we got a call from the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), that he has been transferred to State CID, but we are yet to know why he is being harassed like that.”
He said their only suspicion for now is the fact that Bashir has been a strong voice on the social media projecting and supporting Senator Shehu Sani.
He added, “The information we are getting now is that they want to frame him up by linking him to the death of certain person. I must tell you, Bashir is a peaceful and peace loving person, he has no problem with his community and everyone knows him for who he is.
“We are calling on the authorities to release him unconditionally because he was adopted by army and quickly converted to an arrest, so as to label him wrongly and form an allegation against him. We want Justice for Bashir Hammadadaa”, Abdulkareem cried .
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