One person has been reportedly killed in Kankia town, headquarters of the Kankia local government area of Katsina state.
According to the Daily Trust, the incident occurred when the suspected bandits attacked a residential area opposite General Hospital in Kankia around 9 p.m. Saturday, where the victim was said to have visited his brother.
A relative of the deceased, who simply identified himself as Muhammed, said, “We were going about our normal businesses when he heard a gunshot around 8:30 p.m.We attempted to run for our safety, but then we thought it may be security agents, as we did not hear the gun sound again.
“Later, I discovered that it was Ibrahim Abdullahi, a relative of my wife, who was killed. He was taken to the nearby hospital, and as we speak, his corpse is still there.”
Muhammed added that the attackers had earlier kidnapped a young boy in the area, but after the shooting, they released the boy and fled the scene.
The deceased, identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi (Baraya), was said to have been shot around his groyne while he was standing in the front yard of his brother’s residence, not knowing that the attackers were in the area.
A police spokesman in Katsina, ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, could not be reached for confirmation at the time of filing this report.
