Four Children Die Under Mysterious Circumstances in Borno Community, Parents Hospitalised
Tragedy struck in Kukurpu village, Kwajaffa District of Hawul Local Government Area, Borno State, as four children from the same family were confirmed dead after being found unconscious alongside their parents.
The incident occurred on Thursday morning, September 4, 2025, after neighbours raised alarm when repeated calls to the family’s head, 35-year-old Muktari Idrisa, went unanswered.
According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, a neighbour, Bukar Musa, eventually managed to reach Idrisa’s wife, Maimuna, who revealed that everyone in the house was gravely ill and unable to move.
Neighbours rushed to the home and found Idrisa, his wife, and their four children lying unconscious.
The deceased children were identified as Idrisa Muktari (male), Hauwa Muktari (female, 9), Binta Muktari (female, 6), and Saidu Muktari (male, 1).
Security forces and medical experts rushed to the scene.
Doctors certified all four children d3ad on arrival, while the parents were admitted and are responding to treatment.
The corpses were deposited at the hospital mortuary before being released to relatives for burial according to Islamic rites.
Authorities say the cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained, though police say the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Maiduguri has commenced a full investigation.
The tragic development has thrown the quiet farming community of Kukurpu into mourning.
