Gunmen kill Army Director, abduct wife in Abuja

A director at the Nigerian Army Headquarters in Abuja, Major General Hassan Ahmed, has been killed and his wife, abducted.

He was murdered on Thursday in the Abaji area of Abuja.

The couple were coming from Okene, Kogi State, when they were attacked.

According to a source, “They opened fire on his vehicle and he died. The driver pretended to be dead, so they took the wife away.”

Ahmed was recently appointed a director at the Army Headquarters.  He was a former Provost Marshal of the Army.