Gunmen kill labour leader, two others in Kogi

Gunmen have killed a labour leader identified as Comrade Abdulmumini Yaqub and two others in Okene and Adavi local government areas of Kogi State. Yaqub, who was the chairman of the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Secondary Schools in the area, was trailed to his house in Ozuwuya Okene and killed alongside one Malam […]

Gunmen have killed a labour leader identified as Comrade Abdulmumini Yaqub and two others in Okene and Adavi local government areas of Kogi State.

Yaqub, who was the chairman of the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Secondary Schools in the area, was trailed to his house in Ozuwuya Okene and killed alongside one Malam Ibrahim Otaru on Wednesday evening.

It was learnt that the late labour leader and his friend had just performed ablution and were about to observe their evening prayer when the gunmen numbering five stormed the area and shot them.

The gunmen reportedly fled the area without taking any valuable from the deceased’s apartment.

State Chairman of NASU, Sheikh Mamman Mamman, told Daily Trust that the late union leader and his friend were killed at about 7.30pm by suspected assassins.

In another development, gunmen on Tuesday night killed a 55-year-old man identified as Abdulganiu Aduki, injured his five-year-old daughter and his wife at Nagazi in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. 

Daily Trust gathered that the incident took place at Inori Street of Nagazi community, at about 7.30pm on Tuesday. 

The gunmen stormed his house and shot him dead leaving his daughter and wife with serious injuries and had to be rushed to hospital. 

According to residents of the area, the gunmen were suspected to be hired assassins as they attacked Abdulganiu and his family and left without taking away any item to suggest they were robbers. 

Confirming the two incidents, Kogi State police spokesman, Mr William Aya, said the command was working hard to unravel those behind the incidents and bring them to book.