GUNMEN KILL LAWYER, WIFE IN KADUNA
A Kaduna based lawyer working with the State Ministry of Justice, Haro Gandu, has been killed by unknown gunmen.
Reports also indicate that his wife was killed while his son was abducted..
Mohammed Jalige, spokesman of the Kaduna state police command is yet to confirm the incident but Timothy Gandu, the deceased’s brother, and former Commissioner of Economic Planning confirmed the incident to The Cable.
The incident happened on Sunday night at his residence at Tollgate area, along Abuja Road, Kaduna, 24 hours after an ECWA Pastor and 10 others were massacred at Zipkak Community, Kaduna.
Timothy said the gunmen invaded the house by breaking the window.
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He revealed the bandits shot his brother on the shoulder as he was attempting to escape.
“It is the same narrative of criminality everywhere. Bandits invading communities and breaking into homes, killing and abducting people.
“They came to the house on Sunday night, pulled down the window and gained access.
“They first shot him on the shoulder, he wanted to escape, they followed him and shot him on the back and he died. They abducted his wife and son,” he said.
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The rate of insecurity in Kaduna has increased in recent weeks as over people were said to have been killed in various attacks on communities in Kaura, Kajuru, Kauru, Zangon Kataf and Jama’a local government areas in the southern part of the state.
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