KADUNA — A retired Air Vice Marshal, Mohammed Maisaka, and his grandchild have been shot at Rigasa, a community in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
It was gathered that gunmen stormed their residence located around Markarfi Road in Rigasa around 8:30 pm on Monday and shot the two at closed range.
It was gathered that the 27-year-old grandchild, Mohammed Musa, who is a serving Airman, is his grandfather’s orderly.
The deceased, who before his death was the MD of MSK specialist Hospital Makarfi Road Rigasa, left behind his wife, children and aged mother.
The wife of the deceased, Hajiya Fatima Maisaka, said the gunmen did not take anything from the house.
“They only came into the parlour and killed them both without taking any of our belongings. In fact, they left our phones with us,” she said.
Our reporter, who was at the residence, met a crowd of sympathisers.
Also, the Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige who confirmed the incident said it occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, added that his gateman sustained an injury from the attack.
He said when the information was received; the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mudassiru Abdullah, directed the Divisional Police Officer and the Area Commander to the scene.
“The corpse has been evacuated to the hospital and the gateman has also been rushed to the hospital for treatment”, he said.
He said details of the incident would be made available soon and appealed to Kaduna residents to come forward with useful and timely information that could lead to the arrest of the culprits.
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