A senior Naval officer has been stabbed to death by unknown assailants in the Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The victim, identified as Commodore M. Buba, was attacked at Kawo bus stop by hoodlums who attempted to rob him of his mobile phone and other valuables under the Kawo flyover in the state.
The police and military authorities in Kaduna State are yet to confirm the incident but a witness confirmed that the senior officer who was on course at the Armed Forces and Command Staff College, Jaji, had a flat tire while returning from the military institution when he was attacked by the suspected phone snatchers.
It was gathered that the wounded senior officer was rushed to hospital where he was confirmed dead on arrival.
His body was deposited at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital.
It was learnt that a mob later arrived the scene of the attack, overpowered the assilant and lynched him.