Bello Abdullahi, the elder brother of abducted chairman of Bungudu Local Government in Zamfara State, Nura Abdullahi, has died from gunshot wounds sustained during a bandit attack.
On 25 July, bandits raided the chairman’s residence in Bungudu town, abducting him along with two other residents.
The deceased, a former treasurer in the State Ministry of Finance, was among the residents who rushed to the chairman’s house to assist during the attack.
He sustained critical gunshot injuries during the raid.
Jamilu Bungudu, a media aide to Abdulmalik Zubairu, the federal lawmaker representing the Bungudu/Maru Constituency, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Abdullahi succumbed to his injuries on Monday.
