Zamfara lawmaker shot dead by suspected bandits

A member of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Mohammad Ahmad Walin Jengeru, has been shot dead by suspected bandits.

It was gathered that the lawmaker was killed by the gunmen along Sheme- Funtua Road in Katsina State on Wednesday morning, June 30.

The Clerk of the Zamfara House House of Assembly, Saidu Anka, who confirmed the incident said Ahmed was traveling to his town when he was attacked by the bandits.

Until his death, the deceased was the chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation.

Ahmed was killed hours after key politicians in the state defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the rulling All Progressives Congress (APC).