A member of the State House of
Assembly, Alhaji Murtala Attahiru Wauru, who represented the Gada West
Constituency was killed by an unknown gunmen last night in Mabera,
Sokoto State.
The Sokoto
State Police Command’s spokesman, Al-Mustapha Sani, said the deceased
was killed by gunmen on Monday at about 8.45 p.m. in Mabera area of
Sokoto.
The legislator was on his way home after attending a meeting at Minanata area of the city.
Mr.
Sani said that the assailants went away with the deceased’s car, and
pledged that the police would apprehend and prosecute them.
Mr.
Wauru, who would have turned 45 in just over a week, was a graduate of
the Sokoto State Polytechnic. Prior to his death, he represented Gada
West constituency in the assembly since 1999 and was the chairman of the
assembly’s committee on finance and appropriation.
His
funeral, at Wauru Village on Tuesday, was attended by the Deputy
Speaker, Abubakar Tureta; the Commissioner for Local Government, Faruk
Malami; and the local council chairman, Altine Kyadawa.
Sources: Information nigeria
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