Unknown gunmen have killed Katsina State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, says a source close to the family.
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A report by Century Chronicle said that they killed the commissioner at his residence in Fatima Shema Housing Estate in Katsina State. They carried out the assassination out just after the evening prayers on Thursday evening.
The unnamed source which spoke to newsmen said the gunmen locked the corpse of the commissioner in the toilet. He added that “It was after some hours that the family discovered droplets of blood in his room and a search began, after which he was found in the toilet. One of the family members checked the toilet through the window and saw him.”
Dr Rabe Nasir was a former state security officer, and he also represented Mani/Bindawa federal constituency at the National Assembly from 2007 to 2011. He worked with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the past.
At the time of the report, neither the police nor the Governor had released a statement.