Unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed a welfare officer of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Gusau, Zamfara state branch, Barrister Ahmad Muhammad Kotorkoshi in the state.
The chairman of NBA in Zamfara state Junaidu Abubakar, in a statement on Wednesday expressed grave displeasure that the late Barrister Ahmad was gruesomely murdered by gunmen at his Kotorkoshi residence in the early hours of Wednesday.
The state NBA chairman said that, “With deep heartfelt and great shock, I hereby announce the sudden gruesome murder of our colleague and an Exco member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Gusau Branch, Ahmad Muhammad Abubakar.”
The deceased NBA member popularly called Ahmad Kotorkoshi, was killed by unknown gunmen, who until his death was the Welfare Secretary of the NBA Gusau Branch.
The statement said further that, “Ahmed was gruesomely murdered by unknown murderers…. at about 3am today, Wednesday, 5 July 2023, at his residence along Mada Road in Kotorkoshi town, of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State”.
“According to the information we received, the murderers stormed his residence at about 0015 hrs of today where they intercepted and attacked his wife whom they asked her husband’s whereabouts and refused to tell them, and they started beating her mercilessly, and she screamed.
“On hearing his wife screaming, he (Ahmed Esq.) opened his door and came out.
“While coming out, the killers attacked him with a matchet and dragged him to the back of his house and inflicted matchet cuts on his body which resulted in his death after which they left him dead in cold blood and fled.”
Late Ahmed’s funeral prayer was performed today at 9am on Wednesday in Kotorkoshi town in accordance with Islamic rights.
The state MBA chairman described the slain NBA EXCO as a good person, and an active member of the state branch, humble and an easygoing.
The deceased was survived by two wives, children, and relatives.
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