Suspected hoodlums have reportedly killed a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Shuaibu Adamu, with a hammer in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT.

A resident of Gwargwada, Suleiman Ibrahim, said the incident happened on Sunday night at about 8pm behind AA Rano filling station, located along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.

He said the deceased, who was riding on a motorcycle back to his house behind the filling station, was suddenly blocked by some hoodlums who smashed his head with a hammer and zoomed off with his bike.

According to him, some neighbours who were passing by later identified him and alerted his relatives, who evacuated him to the hospital.

Ibrahim said the corps member, who a native of Abaji Area Council of the FCT, was pronounced dead by doctors at the hospital on Monday night, saying his remains were taken to Abaji and buried on Tuesday.

Abuja Metro, however, gathered that the deceased corps member was the son of Alhaji Salihu Kakamba, the district head of Unguwar Sabon- Tasha in Abaji Area Council.

A graduate of Political Science from the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Shuaibu Adamu was serving in a secondary school in Kogi State. He had visited a family member in Gwagwalada on Sunday when he was attacked by the motorcycle snatchers.

The district head, Alhaji Salihu Kankamba who spoke with our correspondent, said he was heartbroken over the incident and prayed for Allah to grant his son eternal rest in paradise.

Recall that residents of Gwagwalada, Kwali and Abaji area councils of the FCT have continued to express concern over surge in the incidents of motorcycle snatching by suspected hoodlums recently.

The spokeswoman of the FCT police command SP Adeh Josephine is yet to confirm the incident as at the time of filling the report. (Daily Trust)

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