Over 80 Arrested in Kaduna Over Mob Killing of Islamic Teacher – Ummulkhairi.
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested more than 80 people in connection with the brutal killing of an Islamic school teacher who was lynched and set on fire by a mob over a false accusation of child theft . Twenty-four suspects have already been arraigned before a Magistrate Court, with over 70 others still under investigation .
The suspects, comprising 20 males and four females, face charges that include criminal conspiracy, inciting public disturbance, mischief, destruction of public and police property, and culpable homicide . They appeared before Magistrate Court Number 4 at NDA Junction, Kaduna, where the case was adjourned until July 21, 2026, for further hearing . The court ordered that all suspects be remanded in a correctional facility pending the determination of the case .
The incident occurred on June 21, 2026, in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State . The victim, Malama Ummulkhairi Usman, a mother of four and respected Arabic teacher, had left her home in New Maraban Jos to attend an Islamic lecture at Madrasat Tashiyhul Iman in the old Maraba area.
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According to accounts from family members and witnesses, she became separated from her companions and stopped to ask some children for directions . Some women in the area raised an alarm, accusing her of attempting to kidnap the children . The allegation spread rapidly through the community.
Police officers rescued her from the initial crowd and took her to a nearby police station for her protection . Relatives, community leaders and Islamic scholars arrived at the station, identified her as a respected teacher, and made it clear there was no evidence to support the accusation against her .
But by then, emotions had taken over. A crowd numbering about 600 people reportedly stormed the police station, overpowered officers on duty, forcibly removed her from custody, and set upon her . She was killed and her body set on fire in front of the station . A motorcycle belonging to one of the scholars who had tried to intervene was also burned.
The killing has taken a troubling turn with allegations that police officers may have played a role in the mob’s attack. Amnesty International, in a statement, said eyewitnesses told the organisation that as the crowd invaded the police station, officers on duty brought the victim out and handed her to the mob that killed her .
The husband of the deceased, Aliyu Muhammad, has also alleged that a Divisional Police Officer removed her hijab and ordered her out of the station . He recounted to BBC Hausa that the couple had been married for 14 years and had four children—two boys and two girls .
Amnesty International Calls for Independent Probe
Amnesty International has strongly condemned the killing and called for an independent, impartial investigation . The organisation said the police cannot be trusted to conduct an unbiased investigation into the matter .
“The fact that Nigeria Police are assuming that they can investigate themselves is bizarre and unacceptable,” Amnesty said in a statement . The group noted that Nigeria’s police have failed in many cases to investigate mob killings and bring perpetrators to justice .
Amnesty described the incident as part of a growing pattern of mob violence across the country . “It is appalling that mob violence is gradually becoming the norm nationwide. It is largely meted out based on suspicion, rumour, or hearsay,” the organisation said .
The Kaduna State Police Command has condemned the attack, describing the act as barbaric and a direct assault on the rule of law . The Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammad Rabiu, assured the public that the command is committed to securing justice for the victim and maintaining law and order across the state.
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The Kaduna State Commissioner for Women Affairs visited the family and assured them that justice would be served. Lawmaker Mohammed Bello El-Rufai also condemned the act, calling it a “stain on our collective conscience.”
The killing has left a family shattered. Her husband is now left to raise their four children alone. The youngest, just four years old, keeps asking why her mother has not come home .
Ummulkhairi left home that morning in search of knowledge. She never made it to the lecture. She never returned home. She was taken away by a false accusation, by a crowd that refused to listen, and by a society that failed to protect an innocent woman.
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