Some suspected bandits have killed the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Usmanu Danfodiyo College, Sokoto State, Prof. Yusuf Saidu.
This was revealed in a put up shared by a senior workers of the college, Mohammed Sajo, on his social media deal with on Monday.
Sajo stated, “He was attacked and killed by the suspected Bandits at this time (Monday) on his strategy to Kaduna from Sokoto State.
“Might Allah settle for his soul and forgive his sin.
“This can be a painful loss to all members of the College group, NSBMB and the Academia at massive.
“A person of integrity, faith, dedication and braveness,” the put up added.
Saidu of Biochemistry, till his demise, was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Analysis Innovation and Growth Usmanu Danfodiyo College Sokoto.
When PUNCH On-line contacted the Police Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Police, Sokoto State Command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, he stated the incident occurred in Zamfara State, not Sokoto.
In the meantime, efforts to talk with the Zamfara State Police spokesperson, Yazid Abubakar, weren’t profitable because the PPRO didn’t reply to his telephone name and textual content messages despatched to his telephone on the time of publication.
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