The daughter of Bukar Abacha, a lawmaker representing Ngala
constituency in the Borno house of assembly, has been murdered at her residence
in Gidan Dembe area of Maiduguri, the state capital.
Kamilu Sani, police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the
incident on Wednesday.
“We actually received a report on the killing, but whether
it was gunmen that committed the culpable homicide or not is yet to be
ascertained please,” he said.
"The report we received was that the incident occurred
at about 0700hrs.
"The police have already commence a discreet
investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing as well as
arrest and bring the perpetrators to book."
Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication in the
Lake Chad region, said the lawmaker's daughter was "strangled" to
death by the perpetrators.
The publication said the husband of the victim took her
corpse to the police station, adding that her body was found at her house with
her legs and hands tied behind her back.
The publication said the two-year-old daughter of the victim
was found crying beside her body.
Makama added that the Gwange police division evacuated the
corpse to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for an autopsy and
investigation.
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