Two brothers, Halilu Shittu and Muhammadu Shittu, have been shot dead by bandits in Azara village, Kaduna State.
The bandits also rustled over 1,000 cows in the neighboring Bishini village in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State.
City & Crime learned that a yet-to-be-identified man was also shot dead during the attack.
A resident of Azara, simply identified as Yahuza, who notified our reporter of the incident through telephone on Sunday, said it happened on Saturday around 4 pm.
He said the bandits, after shooting the brothers died on their farm in Azara while they were producing charcoal, proceeded to Bishini and rustled over 1,000 cows after killing a villager.
The Sarkin Hausa of Azara, Ibrahim Isah, did not pick up calls put across to him, but a source close to the chief who preferred anonymity confirmed the incident.
The source said, “It was just this morning (Sunday) that the corpses of the two brothers were retrieved from the farm and as I am talking to you their remains are being prepared for burial.”
He further said that rustled cows had been retrieved by the Yan-Sakai hunters and were in a forest waiting for security operatives to hand them over.