Bandits have killed a school principal, Idris Abu Sufyan, and abducted his wife and four-month-old son.
The tragedy happened at Kuriga community, situated along the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highway in Kaduna state.
Local sources revealed that the bandits raided Sufyan’s residence on Thursday night, January 18, 2024, who was the Government Secondary School principal in the village, shooting him dead before abducting his wife and baby.
Friends of the victims took to social media to post his pictures condemning the killing.
A friend who simply identified himself as Sabiu also shared pictures of the victims on his Facebook page.
Another resident who prefer anonymous said he knew the principal very well in the community but described the incident leading to his dead as worrisome.
” I knew him very well in the community but they (bandits) when to his house shot him before taken his wife and baby away,” he said.
As of now, there has been no official reaction from the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, on the matter.