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Bandits on Monday killed a lawmaker’s uncle, abducted a newly wedded couple as well as 13 others in Safana local government area of Katsina State.
It was gathered that the incident took place at Rumka village when the bandits stormed the village and killed Sama’ila Supa, an uncle of a lawmaker representing Safana in the State House of Assembly.
Narrating how his uncle was killed, the lawmaker, Abduljalal Haruna, disclosed that his uncle, Mr Supa, was killed by the gunmen when he refused to be kidnapped.
“One of them just pulled the trigger and hit him. He fell down and died on the spot,” he declared.
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Armed men on Monday killed one person and abducted a newly wedded couple in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Residents said the incidents occurred at Rumka community when the community was attacked by the armed men. The slain victim, Sama’ila Supa, is an uncle to a lawmaker representing Safana in the Katsina State House of Assembly.
The lawmaker, Abduljalal Haruna, told PREMIUM TIMES that his uncle, Mr Supa, was killed by the gunmen when he resisted attempts to kidnap him.
“All these are happening despite the presence of security personnel in the area where my uncle was killed. The distance between (the location of the security officials) is approximately five kilometres to where the gunmen operated freely,” Mr Haruna said.