The Director of Operations, Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), Malam Dauda was reportedly murdered by Gunmen in the early hours of Friday February 11.
It was gathered that the attackers breached the security of the victim’s house located in Barakallahu community in Igabi Local Government Area of the state, murdered him and took off leaving all valuables in the house intact
The suspects also attacked a nearby community, but there was no casualty during the attack.
The District Head of the community, Alhaji Muhammad Abdullahi, while confirming the incident, said the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) of Rigachikun and Barnawa who are residents of the community have visited the scene of the crime.
According to him, “This is simply a case of assassination because they went to only the victim’s house, killed him and left the community, they did not take anything in his house neither did they attack the guard and his wife.
“Even the other village that was attacked, no life was lost, they just caused commotion and left. We feel they just did that to make it look like an attack.
“We have been facing various security breaches in the community informed by the vast ungoverned land taken over by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), you know we were in court, we won at the high court but they appealed the case at the Appeal Court here in Kaduna.”
He called on the state government to mediate between the community and the NAF over the vast land which he said is a hiding place for criminals.
The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige, is yet to respond to calls put across to him at the time of this report.
Barakallahu community is about five kilometers away from Kaduna main town, along the Kaduna-Zaria road.
Daily Trust had recently reported bandits were closing in on the metropolis amid increasing attacks and abductions in towns and villages close to the state capital.
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