Gunmen Kill Miyetti Allah Chairman, Four Others in Abuja
Aliyu was said to have been killed alongside four others near Daku village in Dobi ward of the council on Thursday.
The Nation learnt three persons were abducted while three others who sustained gunshot wounds.
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Confirming the incident to The Nation, MACBAN
secretary, Mohammed Usman said the late MACBAN chairman with six others were
returning from Izom market in Niger State when he was attacked by gunmen.
According
to him, the bandits shattered the windscreen of the truck conveying the late
MACBAN and some passengers.
He said Aliyu and four others including
Saleh, Aliyu, Muhammadu and Saidu, have been buried according to Islamic
rites.
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He said: “The incident happened last Thursday, around 5 pm
when the late MACBAN chairman alongside others, were returning from Izom
market in Niger state in a Dyna truck, when the bandits suddenly emerged from
the bush and opened fire on the truck”.
When contacted, the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine
Adeh said she was not aware of the incident as of the time of filing this
report.
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