{"id":3995,"date":"2022-08-18T11:38:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T11:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T19:55:34","slug":"gunmen-kill-tanker-driver-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/gunmen-kill-tanker-driver-in-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kill Tanker Driver in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><span style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gunmen have shot and killed a 46-year-old tanker driver, Usman Zakari in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident occurred last Saturday near the Central Mosque on Obeya Street in the Anyigba town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A witness said the gunmen drove in a bus into the family compound of the driver around 4pm and shot him in front of the house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was learnt that Zakari was shot in front of the same house where a son of the Imam of Anyigba, a 25-year-old graduate, Yusuf Labaran, was killed last December.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8080026755787218\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8080026755787218\" data-ad-slot=\"7193833156\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state\u2019s police command\u2019s spokesman, SP William Aya, confirmed the incident, saying, \u201cOne Mustapha Zakari was reported to have lodged a complaint of the killing of his younger brother, Usman Zakari, by gunmen,\u201d adding that the command had ordered investigation into the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gunmen have shot and killed a 46-year-old tanker driver, Usman Zakari in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[356,34,1485],"class_list":{"0":"post-3995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crime","7":"tag-anyigba","8":"tag-kogi","9":"tag-tanker-driver"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen Kill Tanker Driver in Kogi - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen have shot and killed a 46-year-old tanker driver, Usman Zakari in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. 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