Isa Mshelgaru, the father of Sumayyah, had his glasses perched on his nose when HumAngle visited him in his office at ABU.
After he was informed of the intention to track families who lost their loved ones during the massacre, he merely pointed to a banner containing pictures of 20 persons who had resided in Samoru until their death. “Can you see those on the wall?” he asked.
“It was obvious that the soldiers had plans to create problems by disrupting our programmes. They were brought in batches and it was a day of sorrow.”
He said about eight people left his house to the venue of the Islamic movement event but his daughter was the only victim among them. Asked how others escaped and left her to be killed by soldiers, Mshelgaru said, “We left for our house before killings started but my daughter who was working with the media arm of the movement said she was not going with us.”
The 25-year-old lady, a 500-level student of Biochemistry in ABU, said it was her duty as a media personnel to cover how the events were unfolding for proper documentation.
“We left her there and communicated with her until Dec. 13, 2015, when she called to say her last words. We have not heard from her since the last call,” her father said. “We missed her because she stood for justice all through her life. She was the defender of the family.”
Mshelgaru remains upset that there is no justice for his daughter and many others unjustly killed by the soldiers.
This was also the situation with Muhammed Bello, who lost his 20-year-old son, Mahmud Bello.
“My son was just admitted into a polytechnic but could not even do matriculation when the soldiers shot him dead for no offence other than being a follower of Shaikh Zakzaky (h)” he said bitterly. “He was a child that always wanted to see me smile but he is no more.”
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