The leader of Fulani Ardos in Kasuwan Magani town in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State was attacked and shot by bandits at his residence in the state.

 It was reported that the armed men invaded the community in their large numbers and went straight to the residence of the Fulani leader, Ardo Ahmadu Suleiman.

They shot him shortly after he observed the 8p.m. prayer at a mosque close to his house; he survived the attack.

 Tsoho Garba, an in-law of the victim and the Chief Imam of Kasuwan Magani Mosque, told the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who was visiting the Garrison Commander of 1 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Olusegun Abai, in the community that the bandits trailed the Fulani leader from the mosque to his house, which is about 20 metres away.

 According to Garba, the gunmen also shot sporadically, creating panic among residents who scampered for safety.

 Reacting, the commissioner described the attack as an assassination attempt on the Fulani leader because he was working with the government to eliminate banditry and kidnapping in Kajuru council.