Gunmen have killed a prominent politician in Zamfara State.
The victim, Alhaji Umar S. Fada Moriki, was one of the well-known political figures in the state.
Reports say the attack happened on Saturday morning along the Gusau-Tsafe highway while he was travelling from Gusau to Kaduna.
In a statement issued by the Zamfara State chapter of the APC, signed by the party’s publicity secretary, Yusuf Idris, the party said the late politician was killed shortly after attending a stakeholders’ meeting led by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle.
The 62-year-old had previously served as the vice chairman of Zurmi Local Government Area, a director in a government agency, and later as a special assistant to the governor on rural electrification.
During the 2023 elections, he contested for the House of Representatives seat for Zurmi and Shinkafi federal constituency.
Suspected gunmen kill prominent Zamfara politician