Inengite is said to be an uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan, who also hails from Bayelsa State
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One of the relations, Malam Muhammad Usman, who spoke on behalf of the deceased’s family, confirmed that Albani was attacked on his way home after leaving the venue of his daily Islamic class: “Daril Hadith,” at Tudun Wada area of Zaria at about 10:30pm
The attack, as gathered by our Correspondent, took place between 7am and 7:30am close to Yakila and Garin Gabbas along Zungeru-Tegina Road.
Abdullahi, until his death, was the Head of Department, Basic and Applied Sciences, Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru
This was contained in a statement issued by DSP Haruna Mohammed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Thursday
They set off bombs and fired into the congregation in the Catholic church in Waga Chakawa village in Adamawa State on Sunday morning, before burning houses and taking residents hostage during a four-hour siege, witnesses said
Some survivors told newsmen in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Monday that the attack coincided with the weekly market of the town
A relation of the family, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the incident and said the abduction of the boy had thrown the family into despair
He added that the command had since mobilised personnel and alerted its patrol teams and checkpoints to track down the kidnappers
Two of the four persons injured, according to Esin, are the father and mother of the four children who were killed by the attackers
DANladi, an eyewitness said: “The fully armed men, numbering about 20, stormed the market and headed to the shops where businessmen deal in local and foreign currencies
The source, who pleaded anonymity, said that Obaleye and her workers had already finished the work for the day, adding that they were about to leave the factory’s premises when the assailants struck
The Police Public Relations Officer of Gombe State Command, Fwaje Atajiri, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria that the gunmen attacked the station at about 2am
While the identity of the MTN driver could not be ascertained as at press time, the tricycle rider’s name was simply given as Praise
The Commissioner of Police, Olufemi Adenaike, who confirmed the two incidents, said Sunday’s attack was carried out by gunmen on a motorcycle, who killed the police officer and took away his gun
The statement also said that a church and two houses were razed down by the attackers
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano that some policemen were attacked in their patrol vehicle by the hoodlums around 7.52pm
Hassan pledged that the incident would not deter the commitment of the outfit in its fight against crime and criminality in the state and assured the people of the state that the attackers would be brought to book
The incident happened few days after similar attacks in which several persons were killed in Damboa and Ngazai Local Government Areas of the state
After an interregnum of peace in Plateau State, unknown gunmen invaded Kuru district of Jos South where six people were brutally murdered in the early hours of Monday. But the recent attack which occurred on Tuesday night was also carried out by some gunmen in the wee hours of the day in Gyel district, also of Jos South
The gunmen were also reported to have injured several persons during the attack