Gunmen kidnap, kill Bauchi monarch

By Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped and killed the Village Head of Riruwai in Lame District of Bauchi Emirate in Toro LGA of Bauchi State, Alh Garba Badamasi.

It was reported that the gunmen invaded the community on Friday, 15th March and shot randomly at the locals, scaring them off and abducted the village head.

Further details showed that the gunmen targeted the palace of the late Village Head and abducted him to an unknown location.

The late Alh. Garba Badamasi was said to have spent one day in captivity with his abductors before he was gruesomely murdered and his body dumped around the village.

The community stakeholders had launched a thorough search on Badamasi before he was found dead close to the village. His corpse was taken to the palace of the District Head of Lame in Gumau on Sunday, 17th March for funeral prayers and subsequent burial in accordance with Islamic injunctions.

One of the traditional title holders of the village confirmed the development to the press praying to Allah to grant his soul eternal rest in Aljanat firdausi.