Gunmen have killed a prominent politician in Zamfara State.
The sufferer, Alhaji Umar S. Fada Moriki, was one of many well-known political figures within the state.
Reviews say the assault occurred on Saturday morning alongside the Gusau-Tsafe freeway whereas he was travelling from Gusau to Kaduna.
In a press release issued by the Zamfara State chapter of the APC, signed by the get together’s publicity secretary, Yusuf Idris, the get together mentioned the late politician was killed shortly after attending a stakeholders’ assembly led by Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Mohammed Bello Matawalle.
The 62-year-old had beforehand served because the vice chairman of Zurmi Native Authorities Space, a director in a authorities company, and later as a particular assistant to the governor on rural electrification.
In the course of the 2023 elections, he contested for the Home of Representatives seat for Zurmi and Shinkafi federal constituency.
