A 27-year-old man, Mohammed Rabiu was killed by three gunmen who alighted from a tricycle on Saturday in Kaduna.
Rabiu, a fresh graduate from a Malaysian university was shot in his car at about 8:30pm few minutes after arriving Kaduna from Abuja.
Jafar Ali a friend of the deceased said he and the late Rabiu drove from Abuja to see another friend along the Lugard Hall.
The friend, he said, had gone out when they arrived at the Lugard Hall, located in the heart of the city.
Ali, who escaped the assailants’ bullets by a whisker, said three gunmen alighted from a tricycle parked near to “where we parked our car.”
He said the gunmen made straight for them and demanded for their mobile phones.
Ali said, “Initially we thought they were policemen because they were pointing guns at us but the next thing I heard were gunshots.
“The men kept firing as they opened the doors of the car, pushed us out as they entered the car and drove away with it.
“All these happened in less than two minutes. As I struggled with them, they kept firing but somehow the bullets from the locally-made guns missed me but they shot my friend.
“It was when they left that we got a car from the house which took him to the hospital but he was confirmed dead about an hour after that.”
The Kaduna State Police Command had commenced preliminary investigation into the killing, following the formal report of the incident to the police.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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