A statement signed by the chairman, Nigerian Bar Association, Gusau Branch, Junaidu Abubakar, said based on the information received by NBA, the suspected kidnappers attacked the lawyer with a view to abduct him.
“Yesterday at about 2230hrs, while I was in my house, I received three different phone calls from our colleaques informing me that B. T. Azza Esq was shot dead by unknown gunmen and his body was lying on the road side along byepass near FRSC office, Gusau. “Immediately after receiving the information, I rushed to the scene where I met our colleagues, Abdullahi Ibrahim Esq and Ibrahim Sani Gusau Esq with much number of security personnel . I saw BT Azza’s dead body lying in cold blood on the shoulders of the road. I also saw his accident vehicle by the road side,” he said.
According to the statement, FRSC personnel came to the scene with a body bag in which the remains of the legal practitioner was taken away by the Police to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital, Gusau, where it was deposited in the hospital’s morgue. The NBA chairman alleged that the deceased, BT Azza, was shot dead by two unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who came on a motorcycle, stressing that the gunmen wanted to kidnap Azza at his house situate at Saminaka Area, Behind Federal Road Safety Corps headquarters, byepass, Gusau, but he was able to escape, drove his vehicle and run to the road side.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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