Bandits have killed Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, a Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
Reports say that the incident happened while Lawal was travelling to Abuja on Sunday. He was gunned down in the Saminaka village of Lapai Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State.
Another staff of the FIRS was injured in the gruesome attack.
An indigene of Lafiagi in Kwara State, Muhammed Kudu Lawal ran into the bandits who rained bullets on the Hilux vehicle he was travelling in
Until his death, he was the State Coordinator for Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara States.
Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim Inga, the Director General (DG) of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), confirmed the incident and described it as sad and pathetic.
In its reaction, the FIRS in a statement on Monday by Johannes Oluwatobi Wojuola, the Special Assistant (Media and Communication) to the FIRS Chairman, said: “He was a Deputy-Director who had dedicated over two decades of his life to a selfless and hardworking career at the Service.
“The Board, Management and staff of the Service condoles with the family of the deceased and prays for their comfort in this sad moment.
“Mohammed Kudu is survived by his wife and children; he will be buried in his home town, Lafiagi, Kwara State, today according to Islamic rites.”