Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a lawyer identified as Benedict Torngee Azza in Gusau, Zamfara State.
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Gusau branch, Junaidu Abubakar Esq, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, August 19, The Nigeria Lawyer reports.
Abubakar said the lawyer was shot dead by the gunmen along Bye-pass, near Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Headquarters in Gusau on Thursday night, August 18.
According to the chairman, the gunmen wanted to kidnap the victim but he managed to escape. They pursued him and shot him dead.
“This is to confirm to you that our colleague and friend, Benedict Torngee Azza Esq. (Barr B.T., Azza) is dead,” the statement reads.
“B.T. Azza died yesterday Thursday 18th day of August, 2022 at about 2200 – 2230hrs. Yesterday at about 2230hrs, while I was in my house, I received three different phone calls from our colleagues 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.
“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 (police and soldiers).
“I saw Mr. Azza’s dead body lying in cold blood on the shoulders of the road. I also saw his accident vehicle (Lexus Jeep) by the road side.
“While we were there, FRSC personnel came to the scene with a body bag in which the dead body was deposited and taken by the police to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital, Gusau where his dead body was deposited in the mortuary.
“According to the information, Mr. Azza was shot dead by 2 unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who came on a motorcycle. The information has it that, the gunmen wanted to kidnap him at his house situate at Saminaka Area, Behind Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Headquarters, Byepass, Gusau but he was able to escaped, drove his vehicle and run to the road side. The gunmen pursued him and shot him dead
“Mr. Azza’s neighbours said they heard some gun shots in the area and after a while, they also heard loud sound of a vehicle accident. When they came out and rushed to the scene, they saw him open his vehicle’s door, came out and walked with his legs to the main road where he sat down and he started bleeding and he died instantly.
“He was said to have been shot three times by the unknown gunmen who, after the shootings, they took to their heel when they saw people coming to the scene.
“Barr B.T. Azza is the Principal Associate of Benedict Torngee Aza & Associates, Legal Practitioners, Gussu, Zamfara State.”
