The Deputy leader of Song Local Government Legislative Council of Adamawa State, Hon Ishaya Bakano, has been killed.
A group of unknown men got at the local council lawmaker in the early hours of Saturday and killed him.
Ishaya, who was representing Gudu Mboi Ward, was kidnapped from his residence at Bannga, in Song LGA and shot dead by the suspected gunmen, sources said.
Another source disclosed the gunmen also shot the son of the deceased who is receiving treatment at a hospital in the council headquarters Song.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident.
The police Spokesperson assured that operatives from the state Command are working to unravel the mystery of the killing and get the killers arrested.
