Hired Killers Murdered Governor Al Makura’s Driver Infront Of Wife In Nasarawa

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.

Posted By David Aniemeka