Bandits have killed Abdulhamid Sani, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, on Sunday.
The 55-year-old was said to have been resisting kidnap before the bandits killed him.
Gambo Isah, the spokesman of the police in the state, confirmed Sani’s death in a statement.
“Today, 31/05/2020, at about 1:35 p.m., bandits in their numbers, attacked Sabon-garin Dumburawa in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
“The bandits began shooting sporadically with sophisticated weapons.
“They killed a 55-year-old APC Chairman in Batsari local Government Area, Abdulhamid Sani, when he resisted to be kidnapped by the hoodlums,” he said.
Isah said that Operation Puff Adder and Sharan Daji have responded.