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MACBAN seeks probe into chairman’s murder in Kwara

The assailants shot Mr Abubakar in front of his house around 10:00 p.m. after driving home from Tarawee prayers (fasting congregation prayer).

• March 10, 2025
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN)
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) [Photo Credit: HumAngle Media]

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has urged security agencies to investigate the killing of the Kwara chapter chairman of the association, Idrissu Abubakar.

MACBAN national president Baba Ngelzarma made the call in a statement on Sunday.

The police command in Kwara confirmed the killing of Mr Abubakar, chairman of MACBAN in the state, in a statement on Sunday.

Mr Abubakar was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen at about 10:00 p.m. on Saturday in front of his house at Oke Ose, Ilorin East LGA. The police said five expended 7.62mm shells were recovered from the scene.

The police added that his remains had been deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital mortuary.

Reacting to the incident, Mr Ngelzarma condemned the killing of the association’s youngest state chairman, who was committed to peace and advancement of pastoralists in the country.

“The Miyetti Allah cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) mourns the killing of the chairman of the Kwara state chapter, Idrissu Abubakar, by unknown gunmen on Saturday night at his house in Ilorin.

“Idrissu, aged 33, is the second MACBAN chairman to be killed this year, barely two months after the killing of the newly elected chairman of Katsina state chapter, Alhaji Sirajo Mairana. The deceased left two wives, six young children and his aged mother,” Mr Ngelzarma said.

Mr Ngelzarma described the deceased as a committed member of MACBAN, looking forward to the country’s livestock production system transformation.

He said that based on the information gathered by the association, the assailants shot Mr Abubakar in front of his house around 10:00 p.m. after driving home from Tarawee prayers (fasting congregation prayer).

“We called on the security agencies to thoroughly investigate this incessant killing of leaders of the association by criminals. In the last two years, MACBAN lost over seven state and local government chairmen to unknown gunmen.

“The national vice-president of MACBAN, Alhaji Manir Lamido, had been missing without a trace since 2023 while travelling between Katsina and Kaduna states,” said Mr Ngelzarma.

Mr Ngelzarma assured that the association would do all it takes to unravel those involved “in this dastardly act of cowardice.”

(NAN)

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