Bandit kill Zamfara councilor, LG director over alleged links to Lakurawa

A councillor representing Jangebe Ward, Habibu Jangebe, and the Director of Planning of Talata-Mafara Local Government, Alhaji Jamilu Sani, successful Zamfara State, person been killed by bandits implicit alleged alignment with Lakurawa terrorists.

The 2 officials were accused of allegedly paying the Lakurawa radical connected a monthly basis. Consequently, they were attacked by bandits, starring to their deaths.

According to a source, some officials were utilized by the section authorities to present wealth to Lakurawa terrorists arsenic portion of an statement aimed astatine preventing attacks connected communities successful the area.

The root explained that a definite magnitude of wealth was allegedly fixed to the Lakurawa radical monthly by the Talata-Mafara Local Government without extending akin gestures to the bandits operating successful the area.

As a result, the bandits abducted the 2 officials 10 days agone and aboriginal killed them to explicit their anger.

The root further claimed: “The bandits had threatened to termination the president of the section government, Yahaya Yari, for allegedly excluding them from the payment bundle being enjoyed by the Lakurawa group.”

While travelling from Jangebe to the section authorities office to hole for the past pilgrimage exercise, the victims were reportedly abducted by bandits connected May 18,...