Gunmen Kill Bauchi Assembly Member, Abduct Two Wives, One-Year-Old Child

A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, has been killed by gunmen, the State Police Command has confirmed.

Baraza represents Dass State Constituency.

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The spokesman of the command, DSP Ahmed Wakili, who confirmed this, said the member was attacked and killed by yet to be identified gunmen on Thursday night at his residence in Dass

According to Wakil, the reason of the attack is yet to be established. He said the attackers were suspected to be armed robbers who invaded his house.

The police spokesman also disclosed that the deceased’s two wives and his one-year-old child were abducted by the gunmen.

He added however, that a crack team of the police personnel led by the Dass Divisional Police Officer had mobilised to the area to commence immediate investigation to be able to track down the gunmen.

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The deceased lawmaker had recently tested positive for the coronavirus barely 24-hours after his counterpart representing Toro/Jama’a constituency, Alhaji Tukur Ibrahim, had tested positive.

He was a close friend to Tukur.

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