Gunmen shoot dead another businessman, vigilante member in Jigawa

A resident said a local vigilante member, Ibrahim Sule, was killed in an attempt to foil the gunmen’s attack.............

Unknown gunmen on Monday shot dead a popular businessman, Magaji Muktar, and a vigilante member, Ibrahim Sule, during an attack on Garki L.G.A, Jigawa state, police and residents said.

“They were not satisfied with the amount of money he gave them and they decided to take him with them, he refused and they shot him dead,” a family source said, asking not to be named, for security reasons. PREMIUM TIMES reported how another businessman, Yusuf Maifata, was kidnapped on his sickbed in the Ringim Local Government Area. He reportedly died in captivity, despite an alleged N5 million ransom payment.

On Tuesday, the state’s governor, Muhammad Badaru, after Inaugurating Police Community Relations Committee , acknowledged the upsurge of insecurity across the state following activities of gunmen.

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