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Armed bandits on Thursday killed the son of the Emir of Kontagora, Bashir Namaska, during a raid of the emir’s farm in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State.
Two other persons sustained injuries in the attack.
The state’s police commissioner, Adamu Usman, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria but did not disclose the name of the deceased prince.
The prince was killed in the farm house of the farm located in Lioji village on the outskirt of Kontagora town.
Sources said the gunmen also rustled cows and other livestock in the farm house.
Bandits have killed the eldest son of the Emir of Kontagora, Bashir Namaska, at his father’s farm alongside others working on the farm at Masuga village along the Kontagora-Rijau Road in Niger State.
The traditional ruler’s son was the Sardauna of Kontagora and had been holding the fort for his father, the Sarkin Sudan, who was reported to have been sick for some months.
He was said to have been shot by the bandits on Thursday and later rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
Sources said the bandits also abducted some persons on their way out of the town in the north-central region of the country.
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Troops of the Nigerian Army and men of the Nigerian Police Force in the Kontagora local government area have eliminated no fewer than 7 bandits, in a dense forest in the outskirt of the town.
PRNigeria gathered that Lt. Colonel T.O. Olukukun, the Commanding Officer of the 311 Artillery Regiment, and Police Commander Haruna Adamu Swapo led their troops from different axes in a coordinated operation.
The bandits were fleeing after they invaded the farm of Mai Sudan (Emir) of Kontagora at Masuga village, and killed Prince Bashir Namaska, a son of the Emir yesterday.
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