Southern Kaduna Chief, Pregnant Wife Killed As Gunmen Invade Home On New Year

There was tension in Arak in Kaduna state in the early hours of new year following attack of unknown gunmen which left a chief and his wife getting killed in the process.

Etum Numana, Mr. Gambo Makama was murdered alongside his pregnant wife,in Arak, a village in Sanga local government area of Kaduna state, Nigerian Bulletin says.

The attackers were said to have stormed his house in the early hours of the New Year.

Makama, who was one of the second class traditional rulers in the Southern Senatorial district of Kaduna had travelled from his palace in Gwantu, to his village, Arak, to celebrate the New Year with his second wife when the incident happened.

A source in Arak said the gunmen who covered their faces with masks entered the house and began shooting, killing him and his wife while wounding his other son who was close by.

The gun men after killing the chief and his wife also set the house and his car which was parked in the premises ablaze before taking to their heels.