Sagir Hamidu, a former governorship aspirant for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State and former director of protocol at the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), was assassinated by robbers on Sunday afternoon near Rijana, on the Kaduna-Abuja road. During the 3 p.m. attack, the bandits kidnapped a large number of other travelers. Muhammad Sirajo Hamidu, the dead politician’s brother, described how he was assassinated in a conversation with journalists on Monday. Hamidu, his police orderly, and two others were traveling to Abuja when they were attacked by the bandits, according to him. “My brother, his orderly, two other people, and his driver were heading to Abuja for an emergency call,” he claimed. Bandits ambushed them in broad daylight on the Rijana-Kaduna-Abuja highway. Because they were all clothed in army clothes, the motorist pulled a U-turn when he discovered they were bandits rather than security officers. He was already in the middle of a kidnapping ring that had set up shop along the highway, unbeknownst to him. They opened fire on the people in the van. A bullet struck my brother in the chest and leg. His driver walked away unharmed.” Hamidu, the late politician, also owned FAMAKS British Schools in Abuja and Kaduna State.