Gunmen kill two staff of Zamfara Poly

Suspected armed bandits on Wednesday killed two staff of the Federal Polytechnic Kaura Namoda, Daily Trust has gathered.

Not less than six armed men stormed the low-cost housing estate in Kaura Namoda.

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A resident of the area said the victims identified as Nazifi and Bashiru Muhammad were shot outside their house while discussing the attack not knowing that the assailants were lurking in an uncompleted building.

The rector of the polytechnic, Yahaya Muhammad Bande, while reacting, described the incident as “unfortunate, barbaric and condemnable.”

The victims have been buried.