The family of the late Agom Adara, Dr. Maiwada Galadima, has expressed deep worries about the state of health of Rahab Amos Galadima since the traditional ruler of the Adara chiefdom in Kaduna state was murdered by his kidnappers after collecting an undisclosed amount in ransoms.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Dr. Galadima was kidnapped on the 19th of October 2018 on his way back from Kaduna where he had attended the “Send Forth” prayer that held at the Nazareth Baptist Church Ungwan Boro for Rahab, niece of the late Agom Adara.
Galadima’s niece, Rahab has kept saying the late Agom Adara’s voice kept ringing in her ears, and that his face keeps flashing each time she closes her eyes.
“His voice keeps ringing in my ears, his face flashing each time I close my eyes and his words written on the tablet of my heart. Yes Dr. Maiwada Galadima, my honest, caring and loving uncle.
“Daddy, how can I get over this? How can I say goodnight when the day is still young and bright? How can I forget the blessings you rained on me on my send forth? Kai my heart bleeds lot please speak to me once again oh Daddy let me hear u call my name with that soft gentle voice again,” she lamented.
According to close family sources, “Rahab has been inconsolable right from the day her uncle, the Agom Adara was kidnapped, because she holds herself kind of responsible, that if he didn’t attend her bridal showers, he wouldn’t have been kidnapped.
“She was hopeful that he would be released especially after the kidnappers demanded for ransoms. But once he was killed she became devastated and her State of health a concern for the family, considering that her uncle has been looking after them, since the death of their father”.
Dr. Galadima was abducted a day after 55 persons were killed in Kasuwan Magani.
When the State Council of Chiefs and Emirs met the governor on Tuesday, 23 October 2018, the Agwatyap reported that HRH Agom Adara had previously expressed concern about the growing problem of kidnapping on that road.
“It has since become clear that there is no truth in the initial reports that the late Chief was in Kaduna for a meeting between the State Governor Mallam Nasir El-Rufai and the State Council of Chiefs and Emirs,” a family source stated.
Family sources indicate that a new date for the wedding between Rahab and her heartthrob, Faith Luka Zarmai, which was to have taken place on 27th October at the Assemblies of God Church Narayi Kaduna would be fixed after the burial of the late Chief.
“It is hoped that Rahab would have sufficiently recovered from her shock and move on with her life.
“We will continue praying and counseling her to accept the death of her uncle and father as the Lords doing.
“We believe the Agom Adara has gone to rest in the bosom of the Lord” said the close family source,” a family source said.
Meanwhile, the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested and paraded some suspects allegedly connected to the gruesome murder of Galadima.
According to the DSS, one of the suspects is a marked member of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
The DSS revealed that the suspects demanded N100 million as ransom but the family was said to have only afforded six million, eight hundred and fifty thousand naira, which was delivered to the suspects.
But still, they ‘wasted’ the revered monarch.
It is a 20 man gang, according to the DSS authorities.
They say they are on the trail of the rest, promising to stop at nothing until they are arrested and made to face justice.