Bandits kill vigilante leader as protesters block Katsina highway

Suspected bandits person killed a vigilante person during an onslaught connected Gora Village successful Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, triggering a protestation that led to the impermanent blockade of the Malumfashi–Katsina highway.

Katsina State Police Command confirmed the incidental successful a connection issued on Thursday by its spokesperson, DSP Abubakar Sadiq.

According to the statement, a distress telephone was received astatine the Malumfashi Divisional Police Headquarters astatine astir 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, reporting that equipped bandits had attacked Gora Village.

The constabulary said the Divisional Police Officer instantly mobilised a squad of operatives to the scene, wherever they repelled the attackers and foiled the assault. 

However, earlier the accomplishment of the information team, the bandits had fatally changeable the community’s vigilante leader, Alhaji Nuhu Barau.

The bid said surveillance and patrols had been intensified successful the country to way down the fleeing suspects.

The connection added that astatine astir 5:00 p.m. connected the aforesaid day, constabulary received different distress telephone that an aggravated assemblage had blocked a conception of the Malumfashi–Katsina highway, disrupting vehicular movement.

According to the police, the Divisional Police Officer, supported by subject personnel, responded to the country and resto...