{"id":83817,"date":"2023-03-05T16:28:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/heavily-armed-men-kill-village-head-in-kano"},"modified":"2023-03-05T17:48:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:48:25","slug":"heavily-armed-men-kill-village-head-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/heavily-armed-men-kill-village-head-in-kano","title":{"rendered":"Heavily armed men kill village head in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Heavily armed men, in their numbers, stormed Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State on Sunday and shot dead the village head, Alhaji Dahiru Abba.<\/p>\n<p>The gunmen, according to an eyewitness, rode on motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p>A family source confirmed that the gunmen did not take anything from the victim\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>The village head is also said to be the father of the present Chairman of Rimin Gado Council, Barrister Munir Dahiru Maigari.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts to reach the Kano State PPRO, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa were not successful as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Heavily armed men, in their numbers, stormed Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State on Sunday and shot dead the village head, Alhaji Dahiru Abba. The gunmen, according to an eyewitness, rode on motorcycles. A family source confirmed that the gunmen did not take anything from the victim\u2019s house. 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