A traditional leader (Mai Ungwar) of Gobirawa village in Faskari local government of Katsina State named Surajo Madawaki, conspired with some terrorists to kill a farmer, Yahaya Danbai, in the area, police said yesterday.
Addressing journalists in Katsina, the police spokesman, Gambo Isah, said the command received a distress call that Danbai was attacked by a suspected terrorist with an AK-47 rifle while working on his farm on the outskirts of the village.
But the farmer summoned courage, disarmed him and killed the terrorist. Â He then took the recovered AK-47 rifle to the house of his Ward Head, (Maiunguwa), one Mallam Surajo Madawaki of Gobirawa village in Faskari.
Subsequently, the Ward Head, instead of reporting the matter to the police, decided to call one Hamisu, a notorious terrorist and leader of terrorists, reported the incident to him and handed over the recovered rifle to him.
Consequently, Hamisu mobilised his gang, surrounded the village, brought out the farmer and killed him instantly. The terrorists then placed a N10m fine on the community for killing one of their members or they would return and kill everybody in the village.
Isah added that since then the said Ward Head, Madawaki went into hiding until when he was arrested by a team of policemen and confessed.
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