It is with a heavy heart that i write this tribute, to pay my last respect to Bilyaminu Yusuf Yabo, my second cousin who was murdered in cold blood by men suspected to be political thugs in Sokoto State. People might be hearing many versions of the whole story which led to the brutal murder of Bilya, but the real story goes like this;
It was on a cool evening of Thursday 23-Oct, 2014, the lifeless body of Bilyaminu Yusuf Yabo, a 21 year old student was found lying in a refuse site at Gawon Nama area of Sokoto close to the residence of Sokoto state governor Aliyu Wammakko, allegedly beaten to death by a group of young men suspected to be political thugs belonging to the ruling political party in the state.
Being him (late Bilya) a brother to the wife of Muktar Shagari, the state deputy governor and gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of People's Democratic Party (PDP) and also a brother to one of the PDP chieftain Dahiru Yusuf Yabo, Bilya as he's popularly called wore a facing cap and shoe with PDP logo on them and went to Gawon Nama. Upon his arrival, thugs stationed at the governor's residence wasted no time in rushing the poor boy, stabbing him with axes and machetes and some using their hands until he no longer breaths. Later after he was dead, Bilya's corpse was thrown at a near waste bin close to where the ugly incident took place.
This isn't the first case of murder committed by political thugs in Sokoto but hopefully the last, several hundreds of innocent souls were slaughtered in cold blood between 1999 to date and nothing has ever been done to curtail this unholy practice or bring the perpetrators to book.
The case of Bilya is no paradoxical to others, he was beaten and macheted to dead while the Nigeria Police & other security personnels attached to the state governor watched helplessly as usual, similar to others killed by same thugs in the presence of security personnels. Bilya's murder and others like it aren't new to residents of Sokoto state, it is just one among the series of manslaughter carried out by political thugs in a free reign without retribution.
I am saddened that this ugly practice has happened despite several measures said to have been put together by the government and security agencies. For the emphasis of records, Bilya was murdered by political thugs for no other reason than wearing a cap and shoe symbolizing PDP. I never knew when wearing a political party logo became a death offense?
I want to state it here that if justice isn't delivered for this gruesome murder, and the murderers face the full wrath of the law, then several others will repeatedly occur. Many more will happen and keep happening until serious proactive measures are taking to curtail this unholy act of inhumanity.
On behalf of Bilya's family, friends and sympathizers, we are calling on the government and all relevant security agencies to step up efforts in fishing out those responsible for the killing of this innocent boy and others, government on the other hand should design ways to approach and halt the killing of poor innocent citizens once and for all.
Bilya, may your soul rest in peace, may Almighty Allah grant you a peaceful eternal rest and reward you with a place in the gardens of Jannat ul Firdaus. May your killers be expose to shame and may they never find peace in whatever they lay hands on, their lives will be as miserable as that of a caponize pig.
Bilya, We will forever miss you, until we meet in the hereafter.
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