Suspected Bandits Kill Health Secretary in Katsina’s Malumfashi LGA

Suspected bandits have killed Sa’adu Dantutture, who served as health secretary for the Malumfashi Local Government Area in Katsina State. According to reports, bandits attacked and maimed him in his hometown of Dantutture, located in Kafur LGA. He was reportedly seized soon after he came back to the community amid an attack. A witness stated that the assailants entered the community, plundered several shops, and carried Dantutture off. The witness added that the attackers killed him as they were leaving the area. “They first abducted him and took him away after looting some of our shops. But while they were leaving the village, they killed him,” he said. Mai Unguwa said soldiers from the Nigerian Army’s 17 Brigade, together with vigilantes, also confronted the attackers. Reports said three suspected bandits were killed, while another escaped after dropping a weapon.