The Police in Nasarawa said on Saturday
that some gunmen assassinated Mr
Abdullahi Mairuwa, the Head Driver of
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of the state.
ASP Ismaila Numan, the Police Public
Relations Officer in the state confirmed the
incident to NAN in Lafia.
He said the victim was traveling with his
wife from Lafia to Keana Local Government
Area on Saturday 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.
Numan 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 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.
NAN reports that neither Gov. Al-Makura nor
his Director of Press, Yakubu Lamai, could
be reached for comments as at the time of
filing this report.
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