By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has reacted to the killing of the former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The governor said he received with shock the sudden death of Alhaji Sagir Hamida who was killed by unknown bandits along Kaduna-Abuja highway during an attack on Sunday afternoon where unascertained number of victims were abducted.

The governor in a statement on Monday by Yusuf Idris Gusau, Director-General, Media, Public Enlightenment and Communications, said the death came to him with a rude shock as the deceased was one of the promising politicians the state had produced with a good vision for the enhancement of self-reliance especially among the youth.

He said Sagir Hamida will be remembered for his various contributions to the political and socio-economic growth of the state where he left a wide gap that would be difficult to fill.

Matawalle said death is inevitable but losing a worthy son like Sagir Hamida was a great loss and very painful and his contribution would remain indelible in the minds of the people of the state.

The governor also extended his heartfelt condolence to Gusau Emirate Council, his immediate family, the good people and government of Zamfara and prayed Allah to give them thefortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.