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Former provost Marshalll and director at army headquarter Major Ahmed, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen on Thursday night around Abaji Abuja.

While reacting to the news punch reported that the major General Hassan Ahmed was on a journey with his sister from Okene LGA, Kogi State, when the unknown gunmen open fire on Major General vehicle and kidnapped one of the occasion after killing the officer.

A reliable source quoted that Major General Hassan Ahmed was sad to have embark on a journey without his security details

A source close to the family that spoke with Daily Post disclosed that the couple were coming from Okene when they were attackedThey opened fire on his vehicle, he died. The driver pretended to be dead from the wound he sustained, so they took the wife away”, the informant said.

Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu announced the death in a statement early Friday morning.

The spokesman said the incident happened when the top officer’s vehicle was “attacked by gunmen while transiting along Lokoja – Abuja road”.Nwachukwu disclosed that an Army delegation, led by the Chief of Policy and Plans, Major General Anthony Omozoje, has visited the widow and other members of the bereaved family.

Recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari vowe to destroy unknown Gunmen and those destroying his government.