A newly recruited trainer in Sokoto State, Maniru Sa’adu Imam, has been killed by suspected bandits hours after reportedly attending a wage verification train in Sokoto metropolis.
Imam, 30, and a father of 1, was killed alongside two different individuals on Wednesday when gunmen ambushed automobiles travelling alongside the Gundumi-Isa highway.
The different victims have been recognized as Abdurrahman Umar, the motive force of the car conveying them, and his five-year-old son, Abubakar Abdurrahman.
A witness, Malam Kabiru Isa, advised our reporter that the victims have been travelling behind a convoy of automobiles returning to Isa below heavy safety escort when the incident occurred.
According to him, residents from Isa go to Sokoto metropolis solely twice every week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as a result of safety state of affairs in the realm.
He stated the convoy had departed at about 4pm on Wednesday when some automobiles, together with the one conveying the victims, returned to their traditional assembly level after the others had left.
“We wanted to wait for everyone who had travelled with us, but the security operatives insisted that we leave early, so we left them behind,” he stated.
Isa defined that because the convoy approached Gundumi, the safety personnel escorting them noticed a gaggle of suspected bandits and opened hearth, forcing the gunmen to flee.
He, nonetheless, stated the assailants later laid an ambush for automobiles travelling behind the convoy and opened hearth on their occupants.
“They killed three people, including Imam, the driver and his son. They also injured three others, while one passenger is still missing,” he stated.
Isa added that the deceased have been buried on Thursday morning.
He stated Imam was amongst lecturers lately recruited by the Sokoto State Government and posted to Government Day Secondary School, Maitandu.
According to him, the deceased had but to obtain his first wage and travelled to Sokoto on Wednesday for a verification train forward of the graduation of fee.
“He had not started receiving his salary. In fact, he went to Sokoto for the verification exercise ahead of their payment,” Isa stated.
Efforts to acquire affirmation from the Sokoto State Police Command have been unsuccessful as its spokesman, DSP Ahmad Rufa’i, didn’t reply to calls from our reporter.
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