Armed bandits have killed the former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Tafa Local Government Area, Niger State, Sule Ishaya.
The gun men abducted Ishaya’s wife in the operation.
The bandits reportedly invaded the house of Ishaya on Sunday night in New Bwari community of Tafa LGA and stabbed him in the stomach with a knife before shooting him.
The hoodlums were said to have used a ladder to scale the fence into the residence of the deceased.
People around the community said it was only the house of the political leader that was attacked by the gunmen.
Family members told newsmen they were yet to hear from the bandits to know the terms for the release of the kidnapped wife of the deceased.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident, saying that the police were investigating the matter.
