Gunmen in the early hours of Monday kidnapped one Alhaji Nasiru Na’ayya, a popular businessman in Gangarbi Village of Rogo Local Government Area of Kano State.
Eyewitness who is also relation to the victim, who confirmed the incident, said the hoodlums stormed the residence of the businessman around 1200hrs of Monday.
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He said on arriving at the residence, they started shooting sporadically on air, an action that attracted the attention of the victim’s neighbours.
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“When people of the area attempted to prevent the gunmen from going with the victim, they shot two people, which led to the death of one instantly and another was injured and is currently receiving treatment at hospital, the eye witness further said.
It was gathered that Gangarbi village and its neighboring villages, such as Bari and Gwangwan had recently experienced incidences of gunmen attack.
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When contacted, the spokesman of the Kano Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident, saying he was still waiting for the Divisional Police Officer to give him details on the incident.
He, however, assured that he will get back to our correspondent as soon as he gets the details.
