Brother of Sokoto monarch says his killers among bandits killed by troops

The monarch, who was abducted alongside his son and six others, was murdered by the bandits over the family's failure to pay ransom.Senator Shu’aibu Gwanda Gobir, the younger brother of the slain district head of Gatawa in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, said the bandits who murdered the monarch were among those recently killed by troops in Zamfara State.Troops of the Nigerian Army recorded a huge success in their campaign in the North-West on Thurs