Gunmen Kill Kaduna Village Head, Sets His Body Ablaze

Gunmen have killed Malam Kabiru Mohammed, the village head of Marke in Dandamisa Ward, Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The gunmen entered the residence of the victim at about 12:30 am on Thursday, May 2, and sent everyone out of the compound. They then began searching for Malam Kabiru, who was hiding inside the ceiling alongside his elder brother, Tukur Mohammed.

A member of the community said the victim was later discovered by the gunmen and they slaughtered him.

Afterwards, they set the house ablaze with his corpse inside.

Reacting to the incident, the councillor of Dandamisa Ward, Alhaji Aminu Sani Marke, said the body of the late village head could not be recovered as the house was burnt down.

He said, “The gunmen spent about one hour operating in the village and went away with valuables worth millions of naira.”

The late Kabiru Muhammmad, aged 30, was turbaned as the village head of Marke in 2018.