The district head of Yankuzo, Alhaji Hamza Abdullahi Kogo of Tsafe Emirate has been reportedly shot and killed by gunmen.
It was gathered the incident took place on Friday, while the Zamfara state monarch was on his way back from a function.
In trying to abduct him, he was severely shot and wounded, the same injuries that would later kill him.
Channels reports that he was rushed to the Federal Medical Center in Gusau, the state capital where he later died on Saturday night.
Yankuzo is the hometown of the notorious bandit kingpin, Ado Aleru who was conferred with Traditional title in Yandoton Daji Emirate in July this year.
