Shocking details have emerged how a National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC) serving in Kaduna State, Lawal Auwal Kontagora, was brutally
murdered by unidentified assailants.
According to The Tribune,
the deceased graduated from one of the universities in Malaysia four
months ago to participate in the one-year mandatory service. He was killed along with his friend who went to visit a female
friend. While they were inside a Peugeot 407 car with the lady, the
hoodlums were said to have moved near the car and asked them to open the
door which they did.
When they alighted from the car, they were asked to be on their
knees. The assailants then demanded for their mobile phones. It was
gathered that in the process of going inside the car to get the phone,
the killers thought he was trying to be outsmart them so they shot him
at close range.
When his sibling Yusuf Ma’aji Kontagora heard the news around 10:00
p.m., he rushed to the scene and took him to Garkuwa Hospital along
Sultan Road where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The young man, who was the first son of Danmaliki Kontagora, Alhaji
Lawal Kontagora, from his second wife, Hajiya Hafsat Lawal, was said to
be a gentleman and very friendly to everyone.
Speaking on the death of Kontagora, Police Public Relations Officer
(PPRO), Kaduna State command, ASP Aliyu Usman, confirmed the murder and
said that investigation had commenced.
Also reacting to the incident, NYSC coordinator in Kaduna State,
Muhammed Momoh, described the death of the corps member as a shock and a
big loss.
According to him, “NYSC has confirmed the death of a corps
member who was attacked by hoodlums at Malali. It is unfortunate that
at a time the country is developing potential young Nigerians like him,
some people are bent on frustrating such effort.
“NYSC condoles with the family of the deceased while tasking
the police and security agents to trail and fish out the perpetrators.”
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