Gunmen kill man in Kankia, Katsina State

<p>Gunmen have killed a man, identified as Ibrahim Abdullahi, in the Kankia Local Government Area of Katsina State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.</p>, <p>The man, popularly called Solo by locals, was killed late on Saturday, the Spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, ASP. Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed in Katsina on Sunday.</p>, <p>Aliyu said that the police command had commenced investigations into the killing, the latest in a state that had been wracked by terrorist activities.</p>, <p>NAN learnt that the killing happened at around 8:40 p.m., when the gunmen invaded a low-cost residential estate, near the Kankia General Hospital.</p>, <p>A resident, who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity, said that the gunmen, who came on motorcycles, invaded the estate and shot Abdullahi point-blank when he tried to question them.</p>, <p>The terrorists were said to have fled after shooting Abdulahi and leaving him in a pool of his own blood.</p>, <p>The incident forced traders, residents and passers-by on the Katsina-Kano highway to run for their safety when reports came in that Abdullahi had died.</p>, <p>It will be recalled that a forth night ago, gunmen similarly, invaded the same housing estate, kidnapping one person, who is still in their custody.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, the residents are pleading with security agencies to come to their rescue to protect their lives and property.</p>, <p>The residents, who asked not to be identified because of fear of getting killed by the gunmen, said they no longer slept with their two eyes closed.</p>, <p>North Western Nigeria has been plagued by terrorists and bandits for years, worsening the human condition in an enclave held to ransom by the jihadist Boko Haram group.</p>, <p>The deadly group has been fighting since 2009 to enthrone a strict Islamic code in Nigeria’s expansive north but the Federal Government has been fighting back over the years to defeat the terrorists.</p>