Gunmen kill Kwara LG official, injure others

The treasurer of the Kaiama Emirate Council, Mr Baba Seriki-Sanu, has been reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen. Seriki-Sanu, who was a staff of Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State was heading to Ilorin by bus for a screening exercise by the state Local Government Service Commission when the gunmen attacked him and his other colleagues between Kaiama town and Gwaria, another village in the local council. It was gathered that Seriki-Sanu died on the spot while the other victims were inflicted with machete cuts. The Divisional Police Officer, Kaiama, Mr Christopher Okun, confirmed the incident. He stated that no arrest had been made so far. The chairman of Kaiama Local Government Area, Alhaji Alhassan Bagudu described the incident as shocking and pathetic. We learnt that the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites while the surviving victims were being treated in an undisclosed hospital.