Zamfara lawmaker shot dead after defecting to APC

Bandits have shot dead a member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, hours after he defected with Governor Bello Matawalle to the All 

Progressive Congress (APC).

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Mr Ahmed was reportedly killed by bandits along Sheme- Funtua Road in Katsina State.

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Zamfara governor’s spokesperson, Yusuf Idris, said the deceased was the chairman, House committee on Appropriation, and represented Shankafi in the state’s assembly.

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Mr Idris said the lawmaker was shot dead at Yan Kara in Sheme LGA of Katsina State while conveying his son to Kano to board a flight to Sudan.

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Mr Ahmed embarked on the journey shortly after the defection ceremony in Gusau on Tuesday.

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Governor Matawalle left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with all elected officials in the state except his deputy, Mahdi Aliyu, and a state lawmaker.

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