A member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Muhammed Ahmad, has been killed by bandits.
The lawmaker, representing Shinkafi constituency, was ambushed by the bandits around Sheme, Katsina state, on Tuesday.
Ahmad was killed on Tuesday night on his way to Kano after attending a rally to welcome Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State and members of the State House of Assembly to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sources said he died from the several gunshot wounds he sustained from the attack.
The Director-General, Press and Public Affairs, of the assembly, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Gusau that the gunmen also kidnapped the lawmaker’s son and driver.
He said incident occurred on Tuesday at Sheme in Kastina State while Ahmad was on his way to Kano.
“He (lawmaker) was taking his son to a hospital in Kano. The lawmaker’s son and driver were kidnapped by the bandits,” Jafaru-Kaura said.
The clerk of the state assembly, Alhaji Shehu Saidu Anka, has also confirmed the death of the lawmaker.
He said his funeral will be conducted by 12pm on Wednesday in Gusau.
Until his death, the lawmaker was chairman House Committee on Finance and Budget.
He was a local government secretary and lecturer at the Sokoto State College of Education.
