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Gunmen Kill Miyetti Allah Leader In Kwara
It was gathered that the attack occurred around 10:00 p.m. on Saturday in front of his residence in Oke Ose, Ilorin.
Ilorin, Kwara State – Suspected gunmen have reportedly shot and killed the leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kwara State, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Sakaina, in Ilorin.
It was gathered that the attack occurred around 10:00 p.m. on Saturday in front of his residence in Oke Ose, Ilorin.
Daily Trust reports that 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 Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Inter-Community Relations (Fulani), Muhammed Abdullahi, confirmed the incident on Sunday morning.
“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.
