Gunmen have reportedly killed Umar Moriki, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at Fegi village near Gidan Dawa in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara state.
The incident reportedly happened in the early hours of Saturday when the late politician was returning to Kaduna from Gusau, the Zamfara state capital.
On Friday, Moriki was among the APC’s stakeholders who attended a meeting and a reception organised to honour Bello Matawalle, the minister of state for defence, who visited the state.
The APC chieftain was buried on Saturday.
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In a statement on Saturday, Yusuf Gusau, APC spokesperson in Zamfara, commiserated with Moriki’s family over the incident.
“Late Umar Moriki attended the state’s APC stakeholders meeting as well as the grand reception into the state organised by the party in honour of the visiting minister of state for defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle who’s in the state to meet with party members, associates, friends and relations,” the statement reads.
“The deceased during his lifetime, had held various political positions in the state including vice-chairman of Zurmi local government area, director-general of the state revenue generation and special adviser on rural electrification among others.
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“He died at the age of 62 years and was survived by three wives and many children.
“As a result of the sad news, the visiting Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle has cancelled all his engagements holding in his hometown of Maradun for the day in order to attend the funeral prayer of the party chieftain.
“All the APC leaders, executives, members and supporters have already arrived Gusau to attend the funeral of the fallen leader who contested the Zurmi/Shinkafi House of Representatives constituency of the state in the 2023 elections.”
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