In Kaduna, gunmen kill Miyetti Allah chairman

Gunmen have killed Abubakar Abdullahi, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

According to reports, the attack happened in the early hours of Friday, the Director of Media and Publicity of MACBAN in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Bayero-Zango, confirmed the incident to, even as there was no official statement from the state or the Police.

According to the MACBAN’s spokesman, the attackers stormed the home of the chairman, popularly known as Dambardi, in Lere town at about 1:00 am.

He added that the gunmen demanded N20m from him before he was whisked away to where the assailants later killed him along the Saminaka-Mariri-Zango highway.