Gunmen have killed a cleric in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna state.
Until his death, Reverend Silas Yakubu Ali, was a pastor of ECWA Church, Kibori-Asha Awuce, in Zangon Kataf LGA.
Security report stated that Reverend Ali departed for Kafanchan on Saturday, and was not heard from until his corpse was found by a search party early on Sunday at Kibori community, near Asha-Awuce, where he was apparently attacked and macheted to death.
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in a statement by the state internal security commissioner Samuel Aruwan on Sunday, described the murder as horrifying and cruel.
The governor condoled with the family of the deceased and offered prayers for the repose of the soul of the cleric.
El-Rufai also urged security agencies to intensify efforts towards apprehending the perpetrators of the heinous killing, while appealing to members of the community to maintain calm.
Security agencies are already investigating the murder, Aruwan said.
