A Nigerian politician and businessman, Moses Banka, from the Sanga local government area of Kaduna has been reportedly assassinated by unknowned gunmen at Ankwa village of Jema’a council area of the Kaduna state.

Daily Independent reports that Alhaji Yusuf Usman, the administrator of Jema’a local government council, confirmed the incident on Thursday, February 1, in Kafanchan saying the deceased was assassinated in the night of Wednesday, January 31, at his residence in Ankwa village in Godogodo chiefdom.

“The assassins stormed the residence and headed straight to his room and shot at him without hurting anyone before they left.

“Before his death, he was also an active farmer and owned an irrigation farm at Dogon Daji Reserve close to Godogodo where he farmed hectares of soya beans,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported him as saying.

According to Usman, a formal report has been made to the authorities concerning the incident.

Also confirming the incident, Alhaji Abdulmuminin Ashafa, the administrator of Sanga local government council, said the deceased had made meaningful contributions to the state and its people.