Abdulkarim Bala Na’allah, son of the senator representing Kebbi South senatorial district, Senator Bala Na’allah, has been killed by suspected bandits.
Channels Television reports that the deceased, who was a pilot and the eldest child of Senator Na’allah, was killed at his Malali residence in the Kaduna metropolis.
Although police authorities in the state confirmed the incident, they did not give any details.
An aide of the Senator, Garba Mohammed, told Channels Television that the body of the late pilot was discovered in his room on Sunday afternoon.
He said that the late 36-year-old Abdulkarim, was alone in his house on Saturday night, as his wife had travelled, only for his corpse to be discovered by neighbours on Sunday.
The incident is the latest in a series of attacks and killings in the northwestern state.