Dis­missed shop assist­ant allegedly st@bs newly married employer to d3ath in Gombe

Residents of Gombe State were thrown into mourning after a dismissed shop assistant allegedly st@bbed his newly married employer, Abdulazeez Aliyu (popularly known as Danmalam), to d3ath. The incident occurred in the presence of Aliyu’s mother on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Federal Low Cost barely three weeks after his wedding, Daily Trust reported.  Abdulazeez married his wife, Jamila, on December 26, 2025. n Federal Low Cost, Gombe. The brides father and community head of KumbiyaKumbiya, Malam Ibrahim Garba Hassan Pantami, described the 27-year-old widow as devastated. He noted that Jamila had personally chosen Abdulazeez as her husband before fate cut their union short. She was in deep pain when I met her. Because she is a memorizer of the Quran, I advised her to hold firmly to her recitation for comfort, Pantami said, praying that Allah forgives the deceased and grants Jamila strength and a better future. A family friend, Rabiu Baushe (the Baushen Gombe), described Abdulazeez as disciplined and hardworking.  He revealed that the deceased had recently completed his university education and secured a government job in Abuja. He said Abdulazeez had just returned from documentation in the nations capital but did not live to resume duty. According to Baushe, Abdulazeez ran a caf business where he employed several youths and that due to issues with indiscipline, he had dismissed a number of them.  One of the sacked workers reportedly returned to the shop on the day of the incident. Baushe explained that Abdulazeezs mother had asked her son to accompany her into the neighborhood.  He stopped at his shop to drop off some documents before they set out.  At the shop, the dismissed boy appeared and was asked to leave. The boy ran into a nearby tailors shop, picked up a pair of scissors, and returned. As Abdulazeez was about to step out, he was stabbed in the chest in front of his mother, Baushe said. Attempts to speak with the victims mother were unsuccessful as she remains in a state of shock. Many residents described Abdulazeez as calm, respectful, and religious, noting he was raised under the strict moral guidance of his father, a respected Islamic scholar in the area. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Gombe State Police Command, SP Buhari Abdullahi, said the suspect, a 16-year-old boy, has been arrested. He said the victim was rushed to the Specialist Hospital, where doctors confirmed him d3ad. The suspect claimed he was demanding money owed to him by the victim. An argument broke out and he st@bbed Abdulazeez in anger, the PPRO said,  adding that an investigation is ongoing. Abdulazeez was buried on Sunday at the Bolari Jumaat Mosque cemetery, amid prayers from family members, friends, and sympathizers.    The post Dismissed shop assistant allegedly st@bs newly married employer to d3ath in Gombe appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.