By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
Gunmen whose identity is not yet known have killed the Village Head of Riruwai in Lame District of Bauchi Emirate in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Garba Badamasi.
According to sources from the area, the village head was earlier kidnapped by the gunmen who invaded the village on Friday, 15th March, 2024.
The gunmen were said to have shot sporadically into the air around the village causing them to scamper for safety after which they carried out their criminal act.
It was further gathered that the gunmen went straight into the palace of the late Village Head and abducted him to an unknown location without getting in contact with anybody.
The kidnappers were said to have kept him for one day in captivity before they gruesomely murdered him and dumped his body around the village.
“The body was later recovered by those who had embarked on the search for him in the bush around the village.
“His corpse was then brought to the palace of the District Head of Lame in Gumau on Sunday, 17th March for funeral prayers and subsequent burial in accordance with Islamic injunctions,” a source said.
A traditional title holder from the village confirmed the development to journalists on the condition of anonymity and praying Allah to grant his soul eternal rest in Aljanat firdausi.
Efforts to get official confirmation by journalists from the State Police Command proved abortive.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, neither picked up his calls nor replied SMS and whatsapp messages sent to his mobile number as of the time of filling this report on Monday.
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