A university lecturer has been killed in the terrorist-prone Katsina State.

Identified as Tiri David was killed on Tuesday, July 2 by bandits who also abducted his two children.

David before his death was the Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension, and Rural Development at the university.

According to eyewitnesses, David was killed at about 1:30 a.m. at his residence in Yarima Quarters, a housing estate in Dutsinma Local Government Area.

They said the terrorists invaded the community and shot into the air with sophisticated weapons as they moved straight to David’s residence where they killed him and abducted two of his children.

The police spokesperson in Katsina, Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the incident to reporters but said he could not immediately provide details.

The incident in Katsina was the second time in less than 10 days that terrorists killed a university lecturer in Nigeria’s north-west.