Muhammed Abdullahi, the Special Assistant to the Kwara State on Inter-Community Relations (Fulani), has confirmed the killing of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in the State, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Sakaina, by some suspected gunmen.
ROYAL NEWS gathered that the attack occurred around 10:00 p.m. on Saturday in front of his residence at Oke Ose area, Ilorin.
The assailants ambushed him and shot him at close range before fleeing the scene, leaving him in a pool of blood.
Eyewitness, Aina’u Sarki said, “I was with him 20 minutes before he was killed. Someone called me on the phone and told me he had been shot dead.”
The governor’s aide said: “Yes, he was killed in front of his residence on Saturday night by gunmen who left him for dead,” Abdullahi said. “We are preparing for his janaza as I speak, but the police were here yesterday and have begun an investigation.”
The deceased, 32, was a former Special Assistant to the Moro Local Government Chairman and a Youth Leader of the Fulani community in Kwara
