A former commissioner of Education in Katsina State, Professor Halima Idris, was among those killed in Sunday kidnapping and armed robbery incident along Abuja-Kaduna expressway.
The late professor began her teaching career in 1983 at College of Advanced Studies, Zaria and worked in different capacities and institutions, culminating in her rise to the position of dean, Faculty of Science, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina in 2015.
She was sworn in as commissioner of Education, Katsina State in November 2015.
