Bandits Open Fires on Travellers, Kill LG Official, Businesswoman in Zamfara
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Bandits Open Fires on Travellers, Kill LG Official, Businesswoman in Zamfara
By Kaosara Oladimeji Olayemi
In Zamfara State, bandits assassinated a local government official, Umaru Nabita Moriki, and a businesswoman, INCNews247 has learnt.
Moriki, an engineer and director of works for the Kaura Namoda local government, and Hajia Rumba Jengeru, a local businesswoman, were killed when bandits opened fire on travelers on the Kaura Namoda-Moriki-Shinkafi route on Sunday evening, August 29.
INCNews247 gathered that the attack also caught a former sole administrator of the Shinkafi local government, but he escaped with minor injuries.
Confirming, Mohammed Usman, a local, stated he was there during Hajia Jengeru’s funeral in Shinkafi town’s major cemetery.
“Three people were killed, the other person was in a commercial vehicle while the works director was in his own vehicle when the bandits started shooting at moving vehicles,” Usman said.
He added that the renewed attacks in Shinkafi, Zurmi, Kaura Namoda and other areas were in reaction to new measures taken by the governor to tackle insecurity.
Earlier, Governor Bello Matawalle had ordered the closure of all weekly markets in the state as part of the measures to address the worsening security situation in the state.
Matawalle also banned the selling of petrol in jerrycans to stop supply of fuel to bandits. The decision followed renewed attacks by both Turji and Halilu Kachalla’s criminal camps.
Meanwhile, a youth leader in Shinkafi, Jamil Garba, narrated that “the bandits called some people in Shinkafi to inform them that they would ransack all the villages before attacking Shinkafi”
“We woke up to that heart-shattering news and the only thing we can do is to resort to prayers which we have done in our mosques. But they said we should have protested to the governor when he took the decision. It’s obvious that the decision will hurt them because their supply for fuel and food will be cut up.” said Garba.
Usman, who corroborated Mr Garba’s comment, added that he knew one of the people killed in Badarawa.
“His name is Amiru Sulaiman. They killed him today after abducting several people in their farms in the outskirts of Badarawa before they entered the villages
