Last hours of ABU lecturer
Dr Iliyasu Abubakar Sadiq, a lecturer and researcher at the Division of Agricultural Colleges, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, was abducted from his farmhouse in the morning and shot dead by his abductors just hours later. The Jigawa State-born lecturer was abducted at about 10am on Sunday, September 20, 2027, from his farmhouse at Tudun […]
Dr Iliyasu Abubakar Sadiq, a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, was tragically abducted and shot dead on September 20, 2027. The lecturer, a farmer and researcher, lived with his family on his farm near the university's Samaru Campus. According to his wife, Hajiya Baraka, four armed men broke into their farmhouse around 10am, demanding money and valuables.
Despite Baraka's insistence that they were not the owners and had no money, the attackers shot Dr Sadiq in the head and left his body in the fields. His widow described the harrowing ordeal, emphasizing how the attackers threatened her family. The tragic loss of Dr Sadiq has left a significant void at ABU, where he was a respected and hardworking academic.
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