The deputy leader of the Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Ishaya Bakano, has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted assassination.
A gang of men from the underworld invaded the local council in the early hours of Saturday and gunned down the lawmaker and shot his son.
Ishaya, who was representing Gudu Mboi Ward, was whisked from his residence at Bannga, in Song LGA and shot dead by the suspected gunmen.
The gunmen also shot the son of the deceased who is receiving treatment at a hospital in the council headquarters.
The Police Public Relations Officer for Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident.
The PPRO said operatives from the state Command were working to unravel the mystery behind the killing and get the killers arrested.
