Armed bandits have reportedly killed the son of the Emir of Kontagora, Alhaji Bashar Saidu Namaska, in his father’s farm in Niger State.
Reports say the deceased was working on the farm located at Masugu near the Kontagora village in Kontagora local government area of the state when the criminals attacked him.
The monarch’s son was killed alongside other people on the farm while the bandits rustled an unspecified number of cows from the place.
Residents of the community told journalists the bandits also halted commercial and private vehicles plying the road and disposed commuters of their valuables.
According to residents, people without cash in their possession were beaten mercilessly while many others were abducted and taken to an unknown destination.
