An Islamic teacher, Rilwanu Dauda, has been killed in Bauchi State over political campaign posters.
Dauda was a renowned Islamiyyah teacher and was a resident of Karofin Madaki quarters in Bauchi metropolis, according to Daily Trust that broke the news of the incident.
The report said the 42-year-old was killed on Sunday for not allowing some political thugs to paste posters on his family residence which angered the thugs, prompting one of them to fetch a knife and pierced his stomach with it.
“The younger of the two thugs hit Malam with a stick; while the elder hit him with a knife on the head. Malam immediately collapsed and people around intervened and forced all the thugs to leave the scene.
“However, the younger thug crossed the road, entered his family house and a few minutes later returned to our family house holding a knife. He met my late brother at the main gate and stabbed him in the stomach before running away.
“Some people saw him sneak away after stabbing Malam. It was only after he left that they realised my late brother was bleeding from the injury. He was rushed to the Bauchi State Specialist Hospital where he was confirmed dead. He died on the way to hospital,” the deceased’s elder brother, Hamza Dauda, told the publication.
