Police confirms killing of a Monarch in Zamfara

The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of District Head of Gada in Bungudu Local Government Area of the state

The state’s Commissioner of Police CP Ayuba Elkhana made this known at a press briefing held and the command headquarters in Gusau, the state capital.

Alhaji Umaru Bawan-Allah and four others were murdered by bandits in the early hours when the assailants stormed the community in large numbers with motorcycles.

Armed bandits in large number invaded Gada village in Bungudu LGA where they attacked the house of the District Alhaji Umaru and killed him along four other villagers and kidnapped some community members.

The joint tactical teams were able to disperse the hoodlums, rescued Ten kidnapped victims including a one year old baby

The command also arrested a notorious bandit, aged 20, named Sani Mati a.k.a Mai-Yanmata ,who held from Mayasa village in Zurmi and recovered his operational AK-47 rifle, double magazines with 3 rounds of live ammunition and one Boxer motorcycle.

The suspected bandit was arrested while trying to block the road and kidnap innocent commuters at Koliya village and earlier he belongs to Turji’s camp but now operating under a notorious bandits’ kingpin Kachalla Sani Black who operates at Zurmi, Shinkafi and Birnin Magaji axis respectively.

The CP assured the public that normalcy had been restored in the locality and environs following a
routine confidences building patrol