The incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at Buluku, a community located behind the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) within the state capital.
According to a neighbour of the deceased,
Alhaji Jafar, Nagoma was shot in the stomach and was rushed to King Fahad
Hospital where he died while receiving treatment.
Jafar explained that the bandits invaded
the community around 1 am and went straight to the residence of Alhaji Nagoma,
who was also the manager of Raheem Petroleum and attempted to kidnap him.
“When the bandits realised that the man
would not succumb, they shot him in the stomach and abducted his wife. He was
left screaming for help. We all heard him calling for help but we could not do
otherwise because the bandits were shooting sporadically," he narrated.
“A few minutes later, one of the
bandits returned to the house, hit his head with a stick and left him
unconscious. The bandits then went with his wife. They also went to the next
house and abducted the owner of the house.”
Another resident, Aminu Musa, said at the
second house, the bandits also attempted to kidnap a couple, but the husband
begged them to spare his wife because of her pregnancy condition.
The spokesperson for the State Police
Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the incident and said that the late
Nagoma had resisted an attack by the gunmen, and they, in turn, killed him and
abducted his wife and neighbour
“The bandits did not attack the mosque.
They had a target, and it was the man that was attacked. His wife and neighbour
were abducted,” the PPRO said.
"Our rescue team is on top of the situation and is
making frantic efforts to make sure that the perpetrators are brought to book
and the abducted victims are rescued. An investigation is also ongoing,” he
added.
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