The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Asara Ward, Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Alhaji Iliya Agajiba, has been killed by yet-to-be- identified gunmen.
According to reports obtained by NIGERIACRIME, the late party leader was slaughtered while his older brother, who rushed down on a rescue mission was shot dead by the assailants.
According to a source within the community, who identified as Malam Abdullahi Gwadabawa, the heavily armed men stormed the community on Saturday night.
Narrating, the source said Asara Community was visited by the assailants numbering about 15, who were shooting sporadically.
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Some residents have, however, linked the attack to political assassination while others insisted that it was part of the banditry happening around the area.
Recall that Gwadabawa local government area is among the areas worse hit by the activities of bandits in the Eastern flank of Sokoto State.
It was also gathered that the gunmen also rustled cows and carted away some properties, a reasonable amount of money belonging to the deceased and some community members.
Efforts to get the reaction of the Sokoto State Police Command on the incident proved abortive as several calls and text messages sent to the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Sunusi Abubakar, were neither answered nor replied as at the time of filing this report.