The police in Kaduna State have arrested two persons suspected of killing a youth Corp member, Lawal Auwal Kontagora, 26.
Kontagora was murdered in Kaduna last Monday when he and a friend visite a female friend, Murdja.
While inside his Peugeot 407, the hoodlums approached the car and asked them to alight.
When they alighted, they were asked to kneel and the assailants demanded for their mobile phones. But Lawal had left his in the car and while trying to open the car door to retrieve the phone, he was shot in his right leg.
Additional information showed that the hoodlums shook his head with a sickle and his brain gushed out.
Murdja, however, called for help. Sensing that people may come to Kontagora’s rescue, the hoodlums shot sporadically into the air to scare people away before running away.
According to Kontagora’s sibling, Yusuf Ma’aji Kontagora, they received the information around 10pm and rushed to the scene. Kontagora was rushed to Garkuwa Hospital on Sultan road where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
State NYSC Coordinator Muhammed Momoh described his death as a huge shock and a big loss to Nigeria.
He said: “NYSC has confirmed the death of a corps member who was allegedly attacked by hoodlums at Malali. It is unfortunate that at a time the country is developing potential young Nigerians like Lawal, some people are bent on frustrating the effort.
“NYSC condoles with the family while urging the police and security agents to fish out the perpetrators. It is a condemnable act and the culprits must be brought to book.”
Police spokesperson Aliyu Usman, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects are being investigated to ascertain their level of participation in the crime.
It was gathered that one of the suspects, Jamiliu, also known as Baba Lado, is a bus driver who lives at Kwaru, Malali Badarawa District in Kaduna North.
The deceased was said to have just returned to Nigeria four months ago for the compulsory one year service after graduating from a university in Malaysia.
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