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Funeral prayer holds in Abuja for Zamfara politician killed by kidnappers

The funeral prayer (janaza) for a former governorship aspirant in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sagir Hamidu, who was killed by kidnappers the Abuja-Kaduna highway, will hold today in Abuja.

The prayers will hold after Zhur (noon) prayers at the An-Nur mosque in Wuse II, family members informed Dateline Nigeria.

Hamidu, who held the traditional title of Sarkin Rafin Gusau, was killed on Sunday by the gunmen who operated for about two hours on the road which links the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and North Western states.

A former FCT Director of Protocol as well as the CEO of FAMAKS British Schools in Abuja and Kaduna, Hamidu was a governorship aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State in 2019.

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