Bandits kill LG staff, abduct ex-council vice chairman in Katsina
Armed bandits launched another deadly attack in Katsina State on Thursday, killing a local government worker and kidnapping a former council vice chairman in Malumfashi Local Government Area. The victim, identified as Aminu “Over-Over,” was shot dead on his farm. The assailants also abducted Nasiru Dayi, a former councillor and vice chairman of Malumfashi LGA, from his home in Dayi town between 7 and 8 p.m. Residents said the gunmen stormed the area in large numbers around 4 p.m., attacking Gidan Boro and Tuge before moving into Dayi later in the evening, shortly after Maghrib prayers. A shopkeeper, Baba Danladi, who narrowly escaped the attack, described the incident as terrifying.“Not even 10 minutes after I got back home, I started hearing heavy gunfire. I knew the bandits were around. It was a terrible night,” he recounted. Locals explained that the […]