Mr. Abdullahi Mairuwa, the chief driver of Nasarawa state Governor Umaru Al- Makura was shot and killed on saturday, November 8 by unknown gunmen while traveling with his wife, Salamatu.
The unidentified gunmen ambushed Mr. Abdullahi and wife on their way to Keana LGA from Lafia at Tudun
Adabu village in the Obi Local Government Area of the state and shot him twice in the chest while the wife watched.
She was asked not to panick by the killers as they were not going to harm her rather were only sent to kill the husband only.
He has since been buried according to Islamic rights.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Is mail a Numan confirmed the incident. He said:
“The report we got from the scene indicated that Mairuwa’s killers shot him at close range in the presence of his wife before escaping through a
bush path.’’
