Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the murder of the son of Senator Bala Na’Allah representing Kebbi south, Capt. Abdulkarim Ibn Na’Allah by suspected assailants.
The 36-year-old pilot was murdered in his house on Saturday in Kaduna state by unknown assailants.
According to a statement by the command’s spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, the assassins forcefully gained access into Abdulkarim’s residence at Umar Gwandu Road, Malali in Kaduna metropolis at night and choked him to death in cold blood.
Then they made away with his Lexus SUV to an unknown destination.
The police spokesman said the police have launched a full scale investigation into the incident with a view to unraveling the identities of the culprits and bringing them to book.
“Detectives are currently leaving no stone unturned in compliance with the directive,” the statement said.
“The Command is soliciting for information from the general public that will assist in getting to the root of this incident as well as proactively preventing future reoccurrence of similar tragic incident.”
A signboard of the Government Girls Secondary School is pictured after over 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped by bandits in Jangebe, a village in Zamfara State, northwest of Nigeria on February 27, 2021. –
Authorities in the north-western Nigerian state of Zamfara have banned some economic activities in a bid to tackle armed criminal gangs carrying out killings, kidnappings for ransom and cattle theft.
The state government has announced the closure of all weekly markets and restricted the use of motorbikes from dusk to dawn.
It has also banned the transportation of livestock outside the state while those bringing them in must be investigated to determine the “genuineness” of the livestock.
The weekly open-air markets are usually operated in rural areas where people gather to transact on basic goods including food items, livestock, farm inputs and textiles.
The authorities have also ordered petrol stations not to sell more than 10,000 naira ($24; £18) worth of fuel (equivalent of about 61 litres) to commercial drivers at a given time.
The authorities believe the armed gangs take advantage of these economic activities to facilitate their violent attacks on communities.
Nigeria is grappling with a worsening wave of killings and mass kidnappings for ransom by gunmen – and the authorities, communities and families appear to be taking desperate measures in the face of the crisis.
Picture: Capt. Abdulkarim Ibn Na’Allah
