The traditional ruler of the Yankuzo Emirate of Zamfara State, Alhaji Kogo Hamza Abdullahi, has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits.
This was disclosed by a resident of the village, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The resident explained that the district head was ambushed and killed by the bandits while going back home from work on Friday.
“The bandits attacked his vehicles and shot him two times in an attempt to kidnap him,” he said.
Reports available to NIGERIACRIME revealed that the monarch was killed at around 8:30 pm.
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He continued that “The terrorists could not kidnap him, they, therefore, killed him and ran away.”
Furthermore, multiple reports revealed that the monarch was taken to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital in Gusau for urgent medical attention and later die at midnight.
Meanwhile, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, have intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by a Brazil returnee, Nwadinobi Charles Uchemadu from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha on a Qatar Airways flight.
Uchemadu was arrested on Monday 5th December at the Lagos airport during inward clearance of passengers on the Qatar airways flight following the discovery of three parcels of cocaine weighing 2.70 kilograms factory sealed in parts of his travel bag.
At the SAHCO export shed of the airport same day, NDLEA operatives equally intercepted cans of powdered milk, baby food and beverages used to conceal 3.4 kilograms of cannabis going to Dubai, UAE. A freight agent, Ewelike Chibuike Cyril who presented the consignment for export was subsequently arrested.