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Mohammadu Lawal, FIRS Director Assassinated

A Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, has been killed by suspected gunmen.

The incident occurred while Lawal was travelling to Abuja on Sunday 7 August 2022. He was shot dead while another staff of FIRS sustained injuries as a result of the attack in Saminaka village of Lapai Local Government Area (LGA) in Niger State.

Available reports indicate that Lawal, an indigene of Lafiagi in Kwara State, ran into the gunmen who rained bullets on the Hilux vehicle he was travelling in.

Until his death, he was the State Coordinator for Kebbi, Sokoto, and Zamfara States.

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