[ 2013-03-16 ]

Gunmen kill justice official in Nigeria's north
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Gunmen have killed a senior
judicial official in northern Nigeria's largest
city of Kano, police said Saturday.

A Kano State police spokesman said Usamatu Badawi,
a high court registrar, was pulled out of his car
by gunmen and shot in the eyes as he was driving
home.

"We have received report of the killing of a court
registrar in Hotoro area by some gunmen last night
who took away his car," the spokesman, Magaji
Majia, said of Friday's incident.

"We have opened an investigation to identify the
killers and their motive," he told AFP.

Majia refused to say if the killing was carried
out by Boko Haram Islamists, blamed for series of
targeted killings in the city.

The slain judicial officer was a former national
president of the judicial workers union JUSUN.

Suleiman Aliyu, a JUSUN spokesman in Kano, said
Badawi "shot in the eyes at close range."

Source - AFP

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