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Bandits strangle APC senator Bala Na’Allah’s son in Kaduna
Bandits described as unknown gunmen on Sunday, strangled to death Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na’ Allah, son of Senator Bala Na’Allah, at his Kaduna home.
Senator Na’Allah represents Kebbi South on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was the Deputy Majority leader of the senate in the 8th National Assembly.
Journalists were told that the 36-year-old Abdulkarim, an aircraft pilot, was found dead in a bedroom in his home at the Malali GRA, Kaduna.
An aide to Senator Na’Allah, Alhaji Garba Mohammed said the pilot who got married recently, was tied and strangled to death by the killers.
“The killers took his vehicle and personal belongings. They gained entrance to the house through the roof behind the house and entered his section through the ceiling.
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“A neighbour’s security guard noticed the gate of the house was opened and raised alarm,” he said.
According to him, the funeral prayers of the late pilot will hold at Yahaya Road Masjid and he will be buried at Unguwan Sarki cemetery in Kaduna.
Reacting to the killing, the Kaduna State Government in a statement issued by the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said that the state government had been informed by security agencies that “the remains of one Captain Abdulkarim Ibn Na’Allah” were found in his Kaduna home.
“In what appears to be a case of culpable homicide, the deceased was found in a bedroom of his residence Malali, Kaduna North LGA, apparently after having been strangled with a rope.
“A vehicle was stolen from his parking lot by the assailants,” Aruwan stated.