August 19, (THEWILL) – Gunmen, on Thursday, killed a lawyer, Benedict-Torngee Azza, during a night attack in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
The deceased, who hailed from Benue State, was until his death, the Principal Associate of Benedict Torngee Aza and Associates legal firm in Gusau.
He was killed around 10:00 pm in Unguwar Saminaka behind the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) headquarters in Gusau.
The State Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Junaidu Abubakar, said Azza was followed by the gunmen to his residence, possibly with the intent of abducting him, but he made a detour and wanted to drive back to the city centre.
The gunmen, however, pursued him and opened fire on the vehicle before he could reach the main road.
According to the information, “B. T Azza was shot dead by two unknown gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, who came on a motorcycle. The information has it that the gunmen wanted to kidnap him at his house, situated in Saminaka Area, Behind Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Headquarters, Byepass, Gusau, but he was able to escape, drove his vehicle, and run to the roadside. The gunmen pursued him and shot him dead.
“B. T. Azza’s neighbours said they heard some gunshots in the area and after a while, they also heard a loud sound of a vehicle accident. When they came out and rushed to the scene, they saw him open his vehicle’s door, came out, and walked to the main road, where he sat down and started bleeding.
“He was shot three times by the gunmen and they didn’t take anything from the crashed vehicle, a Lexus Jeep. I met his dead body in the pool of his blood.
“While we were there, FRSC’s personnel came to the scene with a body bag in which the dead body was deposited and taken by the police to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital, Gusau, where his dead body was deposited in the mortuary”, he said.
Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Muhammad Shehu, who confirmed the incident, said detectives were on the trail of the killers.
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