Six suspects have been arrested over the killing of an 80-year-old community leader, Ardo Shuaibu Muhammad, and his four sons in the Yan Durme community of Zaria Local Government Area, Kaduna State.

Kaduna State Police Command announced the arrest of the six suspects.

Spokesperson for the Kaduna Police Command DSP Mohammed Jalige paraded the suspects along with over 500 others arrested for various offences in the state.

The late community leader and his people were attacked around 10pm on Saturday, June 17.

The attackers, believed to be rustlers, also made off with over 100 cattle.

Muhammad’s only surviving child, Abdurrahman, who escaped said the assailants killed two other people attempting to flee the village.
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