Armed bandits Friday morning reportedly attacked a community in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing one Abubakar Abdullahi, chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN).
This was confirmed by Ibrahim Bayero-Zango, Director of Media and Publicity of MACBN in the state.
However, the police in the state is yet to give official statement concerning the incident.
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According to NEWSDIRECT, quoting Bayero-Zango, the attackers stormed the home of the chairman, popularly known as Dambardi, in Lere town at about 1:00am.
The gunmen demanded N20 million from him before he was taken away to where the assailants later killed him along the Saminaka-Mariri-Zango highway.
He said, “Early this morning, one of our members called to inform the leadership of the state branch of MACBAN that at about 1:00am (Friday), unknown gunmen attacked the home of the chairman of MACBAN in Lere LG and killed him.
“When they arrived the house at about 1:00am, they demanded the sum of N20m from him in order to spare his life but he told them he had no such money.
“Although he was able to raise N250,000 for the assailants, they took him to the back of the town along the Saminaka-Mariri- Zango highway where they shot him dead.”
The MACBAN spokesman, who condemned the attack, called on the state government and security agency to investigate the unfortunate incident to uncover the perpetrators of the heinous act.
“We totally condemn this heinous act and we are appealing to the state government and the Police to thoroughly investigate the attack and fish out the perpetrators of the attack.
“This is because Lere is one of the peaceful areas in the state where there has been no issue of herder-farmer crisis.
“There has been no issue of cattle rustling in the area but, surprisingly, somebody like the slain chairman of MACBAN, a strong supporter and promoter of peace in Lere, could be so brutally gunned down in that manner.
“We are sad over the incident,” he added.
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