A businessman, Alhaji Hassan Bakon Zabi, has been killed as bandits attacked Batsari town, headquarters of Batsari local government of Katsina state.
The Katsina Police Command has confirmed the incidents which happened early Wednesday.
A woman and her son were also abducted by the assailants.
The command’s spokesperson, Gambo Isa, told 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE that the assailants, numbering up to hundred, came on motorcycles to attack the town.
The police spokesperson said a combined team of security operatives engaged the attackers and they fled the town.