Earlier today, Sunday, 24th June, gunmen invaded Bagiwa village in Mani Local Government Area of Katsina state killed two students of Al-Qalam University, Katsina, left a student injured as they kidnap another.
The students killed were identified as: Ibrahim Bature, 22 year-old 400 level student, and Rabi’u Abubakar, 21 year-old 200 level student.
A close source said that Alhaji Lawal Bagiwa told news men, that the gunmen also shot and injured the victims’ 60-year-old mother and kidnapped their elder brother, Umar.
He added that the gunmen, invaded the village at about 1:15am on Today, attacked the family house, shooting at random to scare people away, they obviously didn’t come to rub, they came to kill.
Bagiwa explained that since the gunmen left with their brother they had not yet establish contact with them.
He said that the family could not figure out the motive behind the killings and kidnapping.
Bagiwa said that the Katsina State Commissioner of Police had visited the house and promised to rescue the kidnapped victim.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Isah Gambo, who confirmed the incident, said that the policewas investigating the matter.
