Gunmen suspected to be hired killers have killed a businessman, Muhammed Sama’ila, in Gainan Fulani village in Misau LGA of Bauchi State.
WikkiTimes gathered that the assailants armed with dangerous weapons stormed the village in the early hours of Sunday, shooting their victim in the head.
A source privy to the incident who craved anonymity told Wikkitimes that despite several pleas by the victim and his aged father to spare him and take money instead, the killers just shot him and fled the scene.
The source said the gunmen came around 1:00am and entered the deceased’s house through his neighbour’s, fired several shots to instill fear in the neighborhood before killing the victim.
“We suspected that the killers were hired assassins. They came around 1am, they fired several shots. There is one of the neighbors who flashed a torchlight, they fired through his direction. They were carrying weapons”.
“He begged them to spare his life, but they didn’t listen. He asked them if it was money they wanted he would give them. His father joined in asking them to spare his son but to no avail. They just shot him on the head and left him”, said the source.
Another source who identified himself only as Muhammadu, said the attackers assigned themselves in strategic places in the house to prevent any rescue attempt.
“I came out of my house around 2:00am, I heard their retreating shots. They spent almost an hour in the house before they left. It was four of them in the house scattered in strategic places”, he said.
When contacted by WikkiTimes, Bauchi State Police Command Spokesman, Ahmed Wakili who confirmed the incident said, it was the father of the victim that placed a distress call to the police about the incident happening at his home.
“At around 0250 hours, four unidentified armed assailants broke into his residence, resulting in the unfortunate loss of Alhaji Mohammed Sama’ila, aged 57 who was fatally injured during the incident”, said Wakili.
According to him, the victim was taken to Federal Medical Centre Misau where he was certified dead. He added that the perpetrators fled with an undisclosed amount of money, but police are making efforts to identify and apprehend them.
