Katsina State Commissioner, Rabe Nasir, assassinated at home

The blood flow in north west Nigeria continued Wednesday night with the assassination of Katsina State Commissioner of Science and Technology, Dr Rabe Nasir, by yet-to-be-identified assailants.

RELIABLESOURCENG.COM gathered that the late commissioner was killed at his residence in Fatima Shema Estate in Katsina metropolis.

There were conflicting reports of how Nasir was murdered. An account said he was shot while another claimed he was stabbed in the stomach. The two accounts, however, said the body was locked up in a room.

Katsina State Police Commissioner, Sanusi Buba, confirmed the incident on Thursday.

“The unfortunate incident happened last (Wednesday) night,” the CP revealed.

Residents said his killers must have taken advantage of his staying alone to carry out the operation.

One of the residents, who pleaded for anonymity said, “The gunmen stormed the house at night and attacked him while he was trying to escape from them. They killed him and locked his corpse up in one of the rooms where we discovered it today (Thursday).”

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Governor Aminu Masari and other top officials visited the residence Thursday evening on fact-finding.

Sympathisers were also seen loitering around the residence around 7pm while security operatives prevented people from entering the compound.

Nasir, 61, a former House of Representatives member, was also a former employee of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He was also special adviser handling the same portfolio during Masari’s first tenure.

A top police officer who pleaded for anonymity said a suspect had already been arrested in connection with the incident.

The deceased was born in Mani, Mani local government area of Katsina.