- One person was killed in Kankia town, Katsina state, by suspected bandits
- The victim, Ibrahim Abdullahi (Baraya), was shot in the groin while standing in the front yard of his brother’s house
- The attackers had previously kidnapped a young boy in the area, but released him after the shooting
One person was reportedly killed in Kankia town, the headquarters of Katsina state’s Kankia local government area.
Around 9 p.m. Saturday, suspected bandits attacked a residential area opposite General Hospital in Kankia, where the victim was said to have visited his brother.
The deceased, identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi (Baraya), was said to have been shot in the groyne while standing in the front yard of his brother’s house, unaware that the attackers were nearby.
“We were going about our normal business when he heard a gunshot around 8:30pm,” said a relative of the deceased, who simply identified himself as Muhammed. We attempted to flee for our lives, but then we realised it could be security.
Later I discovered that it was Ibrahim Abdullahi, a relative of my wife that was killed. He was taken to the nearby hospital and as we speak his corpse is still there.
Muhammed went on to say that the attackers had previously kidnapped a young boy in the area, but that following the shooting, they released the boy and fled the scene.
Kankia, despite not being a frontline local government area in Katsina state, has had pockets of banditry attacks in the past.
As of the time of filing this report, Katsina police spokesman ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu could not be reached for comment.
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The teachers will travel to the US under the 2023 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program (FLTA).
The US Missions in Nigeria disclosed this via Instagram account on Saturday.
According to the message, the beneficiaries are expected to polish their teaching skills and share their experience in American society to solidify the relationships between the two countries.