JUST IN: Katsina commissioner assassinated

Rabe Nasir, Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria, has been assassinated.

Mouthpiece NGR reports that Nasir was killed in his private residence in Katsina Thursday evening.

A family source who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES in confidence said the commissioner was assassinated in his residence at Fatima Shema Housing Estate.

“I am at the residence now but security officials have sealed it. I was called by one of my uncles to quickly come to the residence,” he said.

He added that Mr Nasir’s assassins locked up his corpse in the toilet of his bedroom.

“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,” he added.