A former aide to the ex-Governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Alhaji ABBA Abbey Gidan, who was abducted in Sokoto has been killed by gunmen.
His funeral prayer was led by the Chief Imam of Sheikh Uthman Bin Fodiyo Juma’at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Abubakar Shehu Na Liman on Friday. It was attended by Senator Wamakko; the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi; the Sokoto APC acting chairman, Alhaji Isa Sadiq Achida; traditional rulers, Islamic clerics, members of the National and State Assemblies, serving and retired civil servants as well as thousands of sympathisers, among others.
The deceased, according to a statement by Bashir Rabe Mani, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Senator Wamakko, was 50 years old.
“Abbey was abducted and killed on Thursday night while his corpse was found on the road to Durbawa town in Kware Local Government of Sokoto State.
He is survived by a wife and five children.
The statement prayed Almighty Allah to grant him Aljannat Firdaus and give his family, Wamakko and people of the state, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
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