Gunmen attacked a mosque at Maisamari, Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State, and killed a district head.
According to witnesses, Alhaji Abdulkadir Maisamari was killed during Ishai prayers on Monday night.
But residents mobilized and stood up to the gunmen who reportedly fled to a mountain close to the town.
Nobody was kidnapped.
The Maisamari incident became the third mosque the Bandits attacked within days.