Gunmen kill Al-Makura’s driver

The police in Nasarawa State said yesterday that some gunmen assassinated Mr. Abdullahi Mairuwa, the
Head Driver of Gov. Umaru Al-Makura of the state.
ASP Ismaila Numan, the Police Public Relations Officer in the
state confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Lafia.
He said the victim was travelling with his wife from Lafia to
Keana Local Government Area on yesterday morning when
they were attacked by some gunmen at Tudun Adabu village
in Obi Local Government Area of the state.
"The report we got from the scene indicated that Mairuwa's
killers shot him at close range in the presence of his wife
before escaping through a bush path," Numan said.
He said detectives had been deployed to investigate the
killing.
Meanwhile, a family source, who preferred anonymity, told
NAN that the gun men had told the victim's wife not to panic
as they were sent to her husband alone, whom they shot
twice in the chest.
He said the remains of Mairuwa had been taken to Keana
for burial, according to Islamic rites.
According to NAN reports, neither Gov. Al-Makura nor his
Director of Press, Yakubu Lamai, could be reached for
comments as at the time of this report.



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