The village head of Marke in Dandamisa Ward, Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Malam Kabiru Mohammed, has been murdered.
Suspected hired killers invaded his residence at about 12:30 am on Thursday and sent everyone out of the compound.
They searched for the community leader who was hiding inside the ceiling alongside his elder brother, Tukur Mohammed.
An anonymous villager said the gunmen found the village head and went ahead to slaughter him after which they razed the house.
The councilor of Dandamisa Ward, Alhaji Aminu Sani Marke, said the body of the late village head could not be recovered as the house was burnt down.
He said, “The gunmen spent about one hour operating in the village and went away with valuables worth millions of naira.”
The 30-year-old late Kabiru Muhammmad, was turbaned as the village head of Marke in 2018.
The Kaduna State Police Command was yet comment on the matter as at the time of filing this report.
