Reverend Silas Yakubu Ali, has been murdered by unknown assailants. Until his demise he pastoring the ECWA Church in Kibori-Asha Awuce in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State
Reverend Ali TNNO learnt departed for Kafanchan on Saturday, September 11 and was not heard from until a search party discovered his corpse on Sunday morning at Kibori community, near Asha-Awuce.
The state in which the corpse was found revealed that he had most probably been attacked and macheted to death by unknown gun men.
Confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, the Kaduna Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, appealed for calm after the “cruel and horrifying killing”
Expressing his disapointment, the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai with deep sadness at the report of the killing, described the act as horrifying and cruel. The Governor offered prayers for the repose of the soul of the cleric,” the commissioner stated.
Governor El-Rufai commiserated with the family of Reverend Silas Yakubu Ali, and to the ECWA Church in Kibori-Asha Awuce, as he prayed for God to grants them fortitude and comfort over this sudden and painful loss
The Governor urged security agencies to intensify efforts to ensure the perpetrators of the heinous killing are brought to book, while appealing to members of the community to maintain calm.
