Tension In Kaduna, As Kidnapped Traditional Ruler Is Killed

There is tension in Kaduna as a first class traditional ruler, Agom Adara, Mr. Maiwada Raphael Galadima who was abducted last Friday with his wife has been killed.

The traditional ruler is believed to have been killed on Thursday and his body dumped at Kateri along Kaduna-Abuja expressway, before it was taken to St. Gerald Catholic Hospital in Kaduna early Friday morning.

The Nation gathered that, the late Agom was shot twice in the head, as there were bullet wounds piercing through his ears and neck.

Report also has it that the kidnappers collected N10 million ransom before killing the traditional ruler.

The killing of the traditional ruler caused tension in Kaduna, as people on Friday morning started running back to their houses out of fear, even as fresh crisis was said to have started in Sabon Tasha area of the metropolis

However, in a swift reaction to the brewing crisis, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has reinstated a 24-hour curfew on the metropolis and environs.