- Monarch was killed at around 10:25pm on Thursday
Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, shot dead a third class Chief of Sansani Chiefdom, in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, Alhaji Abdulmutallib Sansani.
According to Punch, a source in the town who prayed with the chief before the incident and did not want his name in print because of the sensitive nature of the matter told the newspaper that the monarch was killed at around 10:25pm.
“The gunmen trailed him to one of his houses outside the palace and killed him.
“He left the palace around 7pm after prayers and was killed a few hours later.
“We suspect that the gunmen were monitoring him. They trailed and killed him in one of his houses outside of the main palace,” the source said.
As at the time of filling this report, Police division was yet to issue a statement on the incident.
Details later…