A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Hamidu Sarki Gaube, has been killed by suspected kidnappers in Gaube in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Report reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper and hardcopy magazine said that in the operation, the assailants went away with one Jacob Jawo alongside his son and late Gaube’s younger brother.
It was gathered that late Hamidu, popularly known by his traditional title of Talba, was returning to Kuje from his farm in Gaube last night, May I, along with the three others when the kidnappers opened fire on him directly, leading to the car summersaulting into the bush.
The deceased, who contested for the chairmanship of Kuje Area Council under the APC in 2022 election, died instantly on the spot.
Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report.
The deceased was laid to rest at Kuje burial ground today, May 2, 2024.
