Monday, September 30, 2024 –Gunmen have killed the Peoples Democratic Party’s councilorship candidate in Pari Ward, in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Raymond Timothy Adai, and his brother, James Timothy.
A PDP chieftain in the local
government area, Barnabas Chawai, who confirmed the incident in an interview
with Punch said the brothers were shot dead on Sunday evening, September 29,
2024, while returning on a motorcycle from a political campaign in Kizachi
Village of Pari Ward, Kauru LG.
Chawai suggested that the killings could be
politically motivated, urging security agencies to swing into action and ensure
the perpetrators of the dastardly act are brought to book
“Drastic measures need to be put in place
to forestall further occurrence as we approach the October 19 local government
poll,” he said.
“The victim had three children and the wife
was pregnant and expecting a fourth child,
The Secretary to the Village Head of Kizachi, John Wanneh,
who also confirmed the incident said they were together with the victim at
around 6 pm and parted ways for him to return home to Bakin-Kogi
“It was not more than 10 to 15 minutes when
we parted ways that we heard gunshots around some guinea corn farms,” he said.
“Honestly, we cannot be able to say who are
those that committed this crime or say the killing was connected to politics or
not."
He appealed to the government to help
construct a bridge and road for easy accessibility in an emergency.
“Security operatives cannot enter the
village now because of the bad nature of the road and there’s a river which
they cannot cross, that has been our situation for long,” Wanneh lamented.
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