Niger State Polytechnic Lecturer Shot, Killed By Gunmen

Alhaji Abdulrashid Abdullahi, the Head of the Science Department at the Niger State Polytechnic, was on Thursday killed by three gunmen on the Zungeru-Tegina highway while on an official trip to Kaduna, Nigerian Bulletin reports.

According the report Abdullahi’s driver, Malam Hussaini Babangida said the gunmen stopped them at an abandoned check-point after the Zungeru Bridge.

"I stopped because I thought they were security men but they immediately went for Abdullahi’s door with a machete.

"I tried to drive away but I heard the lecturer shout, I have been shot as they could not open his door.

"I drove the vehicle very fast back to Zungeru, where the lecturer was pronounced dead at a hospital," he said.

He said that nothing was taken away from them.

"It is sad that they killed my cousin for undisclosed reasons," Babangida said

The state's Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Richard Oguche, confirmed the incident, describing it as a robbery attempt.

He said that the police had begun investigation into the incident to bring the attackers to justice