An armed gang, suspected to be assassins have killed Ahmad Abubakar Kotorkoshi, welfare officer of the Gusau chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Zamfara state.
In a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, chairman of the chapter, Junaidu Abubakar, said the deceased, popularly known as Ahmed Kotorkoshi, was gruesomely murdered at his Kotorkoshi residence, Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara state in the early hours of Wednesday.
“With deep heartfelt and great shock, I hereby announce the sudden gruesome murder of our colleague and an executive member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Gusau Branch, Ahmad Muhammad Abubakar Esq”, the statement reads.
“Late NBA member popularly known as ‘Ahmad Kotorkoshi’ was killed by unknown gunmen, who until his death was the Welfare Secretary of the NBA Gusau Branch.
“Ahmed was gruesomely murdered by unknown murderers/killers/assassins at about 0030hrs of today, Wednesday, 5th day of July 2023, at his residence along Mada Road in Kotorkoshi town of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara state”.
The statement added that information gathered, indicated that the murderers first attacked the wife of the deceased upon gaining access to the house and demanded to know the whereabouts of her husband.
The statement said the wife was beaten mercilessly when she refused to disclose the whereabouts of her husband to the criminals.
The statement said, “On hearing his wife screaming, Ahmed opened his door and came out.
“While coming out, the killers attacked him with a matchet and dragged him to the back of his house and inflicted matchet cuts on his body which resulted in his death and they fled”.
The statement said the remains of the deceased was laid to rest on Wednesday at 9am in Kotorkoshi town in accordance Islamic rights.
