The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the gruesome murder of the village head of Maigari, Rimin Gado Local Government Area Kano.
Alhaji Dahiru Abbas, 70, was said to have been murdered on Sunday by unknown gunmen at his residence.
The Kano State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
“On Sunday at about 3:05 a.m, a report was received that suspected kidnappers stormed the residence of Abbas the Village Head of Maigari, Rimin Gado Local Government in an attempt to kidnap him.
“The suspected kidnappers in the process shot the village head on the chest and he was rushed to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital Kano where he died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Haruna-Kiyawa added that efforts have been intensified to arrest the perpetrators as teams of Operation Restore Peace have swung into action.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that late Abbas is the biological father of the Chairman of Rimin Gado Local Government, Munir Dahiru-Maigari.
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 55-year-old man, Oyeyemi Sharafadeen, to five years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking.
Sharafadeen was arraigned on a three-count charge.
The suit marked FHC/L/79c/23 bordered on exportation of tramadol, rophynol and ecstacy.
He had pleaded guilty before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke.
After his plea, the court reviewed the facts of the case, with the prosecutor, Mr Augustine Nwagu, tendering several exhibits to prove the charge.
The court admitted the exhibits in evidence.
Nwagu urged the court to convict Sharafadeen based on the evidence and his guilty plea.
In his verdict, the judge found the defendant guilty as charged, and sentenced him to five years imprisonment on each of the three counts.
He, however, held that the terms should run concurrently, and gave him an option of five million Naira fine.
According to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) which prosecuted him, Sharafadeen committed the offence on Jan. 9 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
The agency said that during examination and clearing of cargo to Dubai, Sharafadeen was found in possession of tramadol, rophynol and ecstasy, in contravention of Section 20(2)(a) of the NDLEA Act of 2004.
NAN
