Shock as corpse of respected Islamic cleric found in Dansadau, Zamfara

 

By: Zagazola Makama 

 

Residents of Dansadau, a farming and cattle-rearing town in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, woke up Tuesday morning to a grim discovery of the lifeless body of Malam Danladi Boss, a respected Islamic cleric and community leader in the Asibitin Elejah area of the town.

 

The deceased cleric body was found at the outskirts of Dansadau under suspicious and disturbing circumstances.

 

Local sources who first stumbled upon the body around 7:05 a.m., said the deceased appeared to have been killed overnight by unknown assailants, with no immediate witnesses or signs of struggle at the scene.

 

“He was a quiet, peaceful man. We don’t know why anyone would do this to him,” said Musa Dansadau, a relative of the deceased, visibly shaken by the incident.News of the death spread quickly, triggering a wave of mourning in the tightly-knit community.

 

While Dansadau has been one of the flashpoints in Zamfara’s ongoing battle with armed banditry, the killing of Malam Danladi has brought the violence closer to the heart of the town itself.

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