Gunmen Kill APC Ward Chairman In Gwagwalada, Abuja, Kidnap His 15-Year-Old Daughter

Gunmen Kill APC Ward Chairman In Gwagwalada, Abuja, Kidnap His 15-Year-Old Daughter

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Saturday, shot dead the All
Progressives Congress (APC) chairman of Dobi ward in Gwagwalada Area
Council, Alhaji Husaini Sarki Kaida.

It was gathered that the gunmen also kidnapped the deceased 15-year-old daughter identified as Saude.

A member of the deceased family, Ibrahim Sarki, said the incident
happened around 1:20 a:m on Saturday, at the deceased resident in Kaida
village in the area council.

He said the gunmen who were many came went to the deceased house with
sophisticated weapons; they knocked on the door and when he opened,
they shot and killed him.

“The sound of gun shot attracted my attention and before we realised
what was happening, we saw the lifeless body of the APC ward chairman
lying on the floor. They shot him on the chest and he died instantly,”
he said.

He said the remains of the APC ward chairman had been buried at
according to Islamic rites, even as he said the family were yet to
establish contact with the kidnappers of the 15 year-old girl.

According to Daily Trust, the deceased was early last year abducted
by gunmen at his Kaida village, in which N2 million ransom was paid
before he was set free.

When contacted, the spokesman of the FCT police command, DSP Anjuguri
Manza, said he was not aware of the incident but said he would contact
the Gwagwalada police division and get back to our reporter.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the council, Alhaji Adamu Mustapha, has
expressed shock and sadness over the brutal assassination of the APC
ward chairman.

Mustapha, in a statement by his special adviser on media and
publicity, Usman Baba Lado, said the chairman said the council
sympathised with the family and the entire good people of council over
the gruesome murder of the deceased.

He condemned the manner in which the deceased was killed, describing
it as an act of wickedness, while calling on security agents to ensure
those behind the killing were brought to book without delay.