Gunmen kill 50-year-old man in Katsina village attack

By: Zagazola Makama

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed one Armiya’u Ma’azu, a 50-year-old resident of Garin Goje Village in Batsari Local Government Area, Katsina state.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday at about 12:40 a.m., when the assailants silently stormed the victim’s residence on the outskirts of the village and shot him.

A team of security forces were immediately dispatched to the scene, but the attackers had already fled.

The victim was rushed to the General Hospital in Batsari where he was later confirmed dead.