Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- A local government official was killed and a former council vice chairman kidnapped by armed gangs in the Malumfashi Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State on Thursday evening.
The assailants reportedly shot the local government employee, known as Aminu "Over-Over", at his farm.
They also abducted Nasiru Dayi, a former councillor and vice chairman of the Malumfashi LGA from his home in Dayi town between 7 and 8 p.m., in what residents described as a terrifying, hours-long rampage.
Locals told PREMIUM TIMES the attacks began in the late afternoon as a large group of gunmen moved into the area around 4 p.m.
After raiding the settlements of Gidan Boro and Tuge, they invaded Dayi around 8 p.m., shortly after the ...
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