Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday killed the Deputy Leader of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Degubi.
The Public Relations Officer of the Yobe State Police Command, Mr. Adamu Salihu, confirmed the killing of the legislator.
“Investigation is going on to establish those who killed him and why he was killed,” Salihu said. The late legislator was elected into the state’s assembly in 2011, to represent Nangere Constituency. He was elected Deputy House Leader last month, following a minor reshuffle in the assembly.
Meanwhile, the Director of the State Security Service in Gombe State, Mr. Bitrus Asher, announced on Tuesday that unknown gunmen had killed a retired officer of the SSS, Malam Aliyu Abubakar in Gombe. Asher told the News Agency of Nigeria that Abubakar was shot by the gunmen in Yulunguruza Quarters in Gombe at about 6.30p.m on Monday while he was performing ablution in his friend’s house.
The director said the deceased was shot in the back and was immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, where he died. Asher said the deceased was buried on Tuesday and that security operatives in the state were investigating the matter. He said that no arrest had been made on the incident.
5 comments:
Gd let kill themselves4 all i care
These gunmen are silly goons,what's their problem
Boko haram who else
Security in d country has gotten worse over d yrs
Of what ofence ? He comited?
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