Unknown gunmen have invaded Asare Community in Gwadabawa Local Government Area Sokoto state and slaughtered People’s Democratic Party, PDP Asare Ward Chairman and shot dead his elder brother few hours after returning from Gubernatorial Campaign rally yesterday.
The deceased Alhaji Iliyasu Agajiba is a strong Pillar PDP ) in Gwadabawa local Government area whose contributions to the development of the Party in the state cannot be quantified, according to sources.
The killings of the Ward chairman is perceived by many as politically motivated as the incident happened few hours after the launching of the state Gubernatorial Campaign rally in the area.
Many sympathizers that trooped to his compound for condolences expressed concern over the nature of the attack and the method used by the bandits in snuffing life out of the deceased.
The unknown killers used knife to slaughter the deceased and later shot his elder brother who was attempting to rescue him.
Gwadabawa local Government is one of the key local government areas where banditry is taking place without resistance.
Another version of the story on the killings of the party chairman and his elder brother Is that, the killers stormed the village in convoy of about 16 motorcycles conducting house to house search for livestock and any available animal .
It was in the process that the bandits arrived the house of the PDP Ward Chairman where they killed him and his brother.
Attempts to speak with the public relations officer of the Sokoto state police command, DSP Sanusi Abubakar n the incident proved abortive as he neither picked calls nor respond to text messages sent to him.