The lecturer, who hailed from Jigawa State, was abducted at about 10am on Sunday, September 20, 2026, from his farmhouse in Tudun Muntsira, a community behind ABU’s Samaru Campus.
His body was reportedly discovered around 2pm at Karau-Karau village.
According to Daily Trust, Sadiq’s wife, Hajiya Baraka, said her husband’s last words to her before he was taken away were a plea to care for their children.
“Baraka! Baraka! Take care of my children. Please, have mercy,” she recalled him saying repeatedly as the attackers dragged him away.
Sadiq, who was also a farmer, operated an orchard and farmhouse where he occasionally stayed with his family.
Baraka said they were at the farmhouse on the day of the incident when their dog suddenly began barking.
She said her husband went outside to investigate but soon returned, shouting, “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un”.
According to her, the couple struggled to shut the door after the attackers attempted to force their way inside.
“They were saying, ‘open the door or we will come in and kill you,’” she said.
The four armed men eventually broke part of the door and gained entry into the building.
Baraka said her husband attempted to escape, but the gunmen threatened to harm his family if he ran away.
She said two of the attackers held Sadiq while the other two demanded money and asked about valuables in the house.
Baraka said she told them repeatedly that the family did not own the farm and had no money.
“I told them that we don’t have money and that we are not the owners of this farm. I said, we only came here to work,” she said.
She added that one of the attackers threatened to kill her after accusing her of lying.
Baraka said the gunmen also demanded her husband’s phone and ATM card, but she told them she had no access to his phone or banking information.
After realising that the family had no money, the attackers decided to take Sadiq away.
“We pleaded with the attackers to spare him, reminding them that we have young children who depend on him, but that did not stop them,” she said.
The couple’s youngest child is reportedly about eight months old.
Baraka said she ran out of the house with one of the children after the gunmen took her husband and walked through nearby crops to seek help from a neighbouring compound.
She said community members subsequently searched the surrounding bushes for the attackers but initially found no trace of them.
“After some hours, I was informed that the corpse of my husband had been found around Karau-Karau village and that he had been shot. I was told they shot him in the head. They took the items on him and left him there,” she said.
Before his death, Sadiq served as Head of Programme, Pest Management, at the Division of Agricultural Colleges, ABU.
He taught Entomology and Agriculture and was described by colleagues as a hardworking and committed academic.
His uncle, Alhaji Yahaya Lawal Kalli, described his death as a devastating loss, saying Sadiq had lived under his care until he completed his education.
“He was a hardworking person who deeply valued family ties. We will greatly miss him. I pray Almighty Allah to accept his Shahada and grant him Jannatul Firdaus,” Kalli said.
The Director of the Division of Agricultural Colleges, Professor Bashir Ahmed Babaji, also described Sadiq as a reliable and hardworking member of staff who was dedicated to his duties.
Babaji said the deceased had previously served as a Head of Department and was highly regarded within the college.
He said the university was initially informed of the abduction by the division’s security officer, although details were unclear at the time.
“But after some time, I was informed that the staff member had been killed by his abductors,” he said.
Babaji described the incident as a tragic loss to the university community and lamented the continued threat posed by kidnapping, particularly in the North-West.
He added that ABU had experienced similar abduction incidents involving academic staff in the past, although the previous cases known to the institution had not resulted in fatalities.
Sadiq is survived by two wives and nine children.
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