Suspected thugs have killed one Abu Kalhu fondly addressed as Baraden Sunnah who was said to be a supporter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state.
The thugs were suspected to be sent by an influential politician allegedly belonging to an opposition party in the state.
According to witness accounts, the thugs numbering 40 were brought to Kofar Kade where the residence of the deceased is located in two Hilux vehicles around 9pm on Tuesday.
It added that they blocked all the routes leading to the residence while some of them went straight to his house, called him outside and stabbed him to death.
“They were formerly his boys before he left for PDP. We are suspecting some influential politicians are behind the attack because they had tried to lure him into joining their party but he refused,” a friend of the deceased told Daily Trust.
Daily Trust learnt that a relative of the deceased was also injured by the thugs and is responding to treatment in the hospital.
In a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of PDP, Abdullahi Hausawa, he condemned the attack and called on security agencies to bring the perpetrators to book.
He called on their members to remain calm and peaceful, saying Sokoto is known as a home of peace.
When contacted the spokesman of APC in the state, Bello Yusuf Danchadi, said their party was not involved in the attack.
However, the Public Relations Officer of the Sokoto State Police Command, DSP Cordelia Nwewe, could not be reached as at the time of filing this report as she was not responding to call nor reply a text message sent to her phone.
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