Suspected terrorists kill lawyer in Zamfara

Gunmen on Thursday killed a lawyer, Benedict Azza, throughout an evening assault in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital metropolis.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Azza, the Principal Affiliate at Benedict Torngee Azza and Associates was killed round 10:00 p.m in Unguwar Saminaka behind the Federal Highway Security Corp headquarters in Gusau.

The chairman of Gusau department of the Nigerian Bar Affiliation, Junaidu Abubakar, confirmed the killing to PREMIUM TIMES Friday morning.

Mr Abubakar mentioned the deceased was adopted by the gunmen to his residence, probably with the intent of abducting him, however he made a detour and wished to drive again to town centre.

The gunmen, nonetheless, pursued him and opened hearth on the car earlier than he might attain the principle street.

“In line with the knowledge, BT Azza was shot useless by two unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who got here on a motorbike. The data has it that, the gunmen wished to kidnap him at his home located in Saminaka Space, Behind Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC), Headquarters, Byepass, Gusau, however he was capable of escape, drove his car and run to the roadside. The gunmen pursued him and shot him useless.

“B. T. Azza’s neighbours mentioned they heard some gunshots within the space and after some time, in addition they heard a loud sound of a car accident. Once they got here out and rushed to the scene, they noticed him open his car’s door, got here out and walked to the principle street the place he sat down and began bleeding,” he mentioned.

Mr Abubakar mentioned he was on the scene of the killing Thursday evening alongside two different senior members of the bar affiliation within the state instantly he was notified.

“He was shot 3 times by the gunmen they usually didn’t take something from the crashed car, a Lexus Jeep. I met his useless physique within the pool of his blood.

“Whereas we had been there, FRSC’s personnel got here to the scene with a physique bag by which the useless physique was deposited and brought by the police to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital, Gusau the place his useless physique was deposited within the mortuary,” he mentioned.

The police spokesperson within the state, Mohammed Shehu, didn’t reply to an SMS despatched to him on the killing. His quantity was additionally unreachable.

Zamfara State is being adjudged the epicentre of banditry within the North-west that has now unfold to the area and part of the North-central.

Lots of of 1000’s of individuals have misplaced their lives whereas hundreds of thousands of others have been displaced as a result of incessant bandits’ actions.

College students have been persistently kidnapped, forcing colleges to close down. Farmers are pressured to desert their farmlands whereas entrepreneurs are afraid of patronising rural markets.