Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, shot dead a third class Chief of Sansani Chiefdom, in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, Alhaji Abdulmutallib Sansani.
A source in the town who prayed with the chief before the incident and did not want his name in print because of the sensitive nature of the matter told our correspondent on the phone that the monarch was killed at around 10:25pm
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“The gunmen trailed him to one of his houses outside the palace and killed him.
“He left the palace around 7pm after prayers and was killed a few hours later.
“We suspect that the gunmen were monitoring him. They trailed and killed him in one of his houses outside of the main palace,” the source said.
