BREAKING: Tension as Hoodlums Kill Borno Lawmaker’s Daughter
- There was tension and pandemonium around the Dikechiri Bayan Gidan Dambe area in Maiduguri after unknown persons killed a lawmaker's daughter
- Fatima Bukar, the victim was found lifeless at her residence with her hands and legs tied behind her back on Tuesday, October
- The victim's husband took the corpse to the police station after which Governor Babagana Umara Zulum ordered an autopsy
Maiduguri, Borno state - Hoodlums have reportedly killed Fatima Bukar, the daughter of a lawmaker around the Dikechiri Bayan Gidan Dambe area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
As reported by Leadership, the sad incident happened on Tuesday evening, October 17.
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The victim’s father Hon. Bukar Abacha, a lawmaker representing Ngala State constituency in the Borno State House of Assembly.
According to Vanguard, sources said, the incident took place around 6:30 pm, when Fatima's husband was said to have left the compound to a nearby mosque for prayers.
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The victim's husband, Adam Alhaji Ibrahim, took her corpse to the Gwange Police Division.
He told the police that he found her lifeless body in his house with her hand and legs tied behind her back while her two-year-old child was crying.
The police operative evacuated the corpse to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
A source within the family said the police arrested the victim's husband on Tuesday night, October 17.
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has directed authorities to take Fatima's body for an autopsy.
It was gathered that Fatima's family had earlier slated her burial for 2 p.m. on Wednesday at 707 Housing Estate Maiduguri before Zulum’s autopsy order.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that gunmen kidnapped the wife and two children of Kwara lawmaker Hon Lawal Ayanshola Soliu, representing Ipaiye/Malete/Olooru of Moro Local Government.
The gunmen reportedly kidnapped the victims after invading their residence around 1 a.m. on Monday.
It was gathered that the victims were also kidnapped last year in September and later rescued by the police.
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An emerging report in Imo State has confirmed that gunmen assassinated Innocent Obi, the Deputy Registrar of Federal Polytechnic, Uwana, Ebonyi State.
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Source: Legit.ng
