Dr Rabe Nasir, the Katsina State Commissioner of Science and Technology has been assassinated.
According to Daily Trust, he was gunned down at his residence in Fatima Shema Estate in Katsina metropolis.
A source said he was killed on Wednesday while another said his assailants struck on Thursday.
A friend of the deceased said, “Late Nasir was shot after Asr prayer in his residence here in Fatima Shema Estate.”
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He was the Special Advisor to Governor Aminu Masari on Science and Technology before he was eventually appointed a commissioner.
The late Rabe Nasir was appointed commissioner in 2019 by the Aminu Bello Masari led government.
The deceased was born in Mani, Mani local government area of Katsina.
Governor Masari and other dignitaries are presently at his residence waiting on security agents and the medical team to make an official pronouncement concerning his death though there are speculations that he was assassinated.
