Gunmen kill former APC chairmanship candidate in Abuja

Gunmen have killed a former All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the February 2022 chairmanship election in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhaji Hamidu Sarki Gaube.

Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it was gathered that Gaube was shot dead on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. 

According to reports, the assailants also abducted one Jacob Jawo alongside his son and late Gaube’s younger brother.

The deceased was laid to rest at Kuje burial ground on Thursday, May 2, 2024.