Zakari Umaru-Kigbu, a former commissioner of the National Population Commission in Nasarawa state, was killed on Saturday night by gunmen who attacked his home in Azuba Bashayi, Lafia Local Government Area.
According to resports, gunmen shot sporadically in the air around 11:40 p.m. on Saturday, killing Umaru-Kigbu, 60, and whisking away his two daughters to an unknown destination.
According to a source, Umaru-Kigbu, a lecturer at the state-owned Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, acted as an agent for a former Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, in the Peoples Democratic Party’s Nasarawa state governorship primary election.
Maku, on the other hand, had dropped out of the contest just hours before the governorship primary election began.
“Mr Umaru-Kigbu was a peace-loving man. He has been privileged to hold several positions in this state. We don’t know who he might have offended which led to his untimely death. Everyone around him knows that he does not like trouble, so we are really shocked to receive such a sad news,” the source added.
ASP Ramhan Nansel, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Sunday, saying that officers from the command had been dispatched to the scene of the attack to restore normalcy, ensure the quick release of Umaru-two Kigbu’s daughters, and apprehend the kidnappers.
Nansel said, “The Police Command recieved a distress call on Saturday night about the sad incident which took place at Azuba Bashayi, Lafia North Development Area in Lafia Local Government Area.
“We immediately deployed our patrol teams of the command and the military personnel also drafted it men to the scene of the incident to support the Nigeria Police Force so as to rescue his two daughters and arrest the prepetrators of the act.
“Umaru-Kigbu was rushed to the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia but unfortunately, he could not survive the bullet wound and he gave up the ghost at the hospital.”
