{"id":6727,"date":"2013-07-18T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/ex-senators-driver-shot-dead\/"},"modified":"2013-07-18T20:25:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T20:25:18","slug":"ex-senators-driver-shot-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ex-senators-driver-shot-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-senator\u2019s driver shot dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A driver to former Nigerian Senator Ayo Arise, a governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Mr. Nasir Saliu, was on Thursday confirmed dead after being shot by armed robbers in Ibadan.<\/p>\n

According to The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the cousin of the driver, who was simply identified as Moshood, was also injured in the attack.<\/p>\n

Investigations revealed that the duo had travelled from Ado-Ekiti to Ibadan on Wednesday to buy a fairly used car.<\/p>\n

They were said to have been trailed by the hoodlums to a branch of a new generation bank where they had gone to withdraw money for the purchase.<\/p>\n

The robbers were said to have shot him and his cousin before making away with the N650,000 he had withdrawn from the bank.<\/p>\n

The spokesman of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, where the victims were taken to, Mr. Ayodeji Bobade, confirmed the death of Saliu.<\/p>\n

He, however, said Moshood was still undergoing treatment at the hospital.<\/p>\n

Arise, in an early reaction, expressed shock at the killing of his driver.<\/p>\n

“Nasir was like my own son. He had been my driver since 1999; 14 years ago.<\/p>\n

“He left Abuja for Ado Ekiti on Tuesday so that he could pick me up at the Akure Airport on Friday.<\/p>\n

“On Wednesday, he went to Ibadan to buy a car but was killed. I learnt he had N650,000 on him.<\/p>\n

“On his way from the bank, he was attacked by armed robbers. They shot him and his cousin, Moshood, who came with him,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

He called on the police to be alive to their responsibilities.<\/p>\n

But the Oyo State Police Command, said that the incident had not been reported to it.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson of the command, Mrs. Olabisi Ilobanefor, said such an incident could not have happened unnoticed.<\/p>\n

“ As far as the command is concerned, there is no report that his (Arise) driver was attacked by armed robbers in Ibadan,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

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