Bandits have killed a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rilwanu Gadagau, and abducted many others along the Kaduna-Zaria highway.
Gadagau was the Chairman of the Committee on Local Government and
Rural Development of House before his death.
The Clerk, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Bello Zubairu, confirmed
the incident to newsmen in Kaduna on Wednesday.
The late lawmaker represented Giwa West Constituency in the
Assembly.
It was also learnt that many travellers were abducted by the bandits.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the State House Assembly, Yusuf Zailani has
described as devastating, the death of the lawmaker.
This was contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media
and Publicity, Ibrahim Danfulan on Wednesday.
The statement noted that the remains of the lawmaker were discovered
in a morgue on Wednesday, among those killed by bandits on Monday
night along Kaduna-Zaria Highway.
