District head killed in Niger

The District Head of Ringa in Kagara Emirate in Rafi LGA of Niger State, Alhaji Samaila Shekarau, has been killed.

Residents told City & Crime that the late traditional ruler was trailed to his house on Sunday night and cut to death with cutlasses.

A resident, who preferred anonymity, said, “We don’t know those behind his killing yet.”

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The spokesperson of the Niger State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, could not be reached on telephone as at the time of filing this report.