Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Monday night killed Air Vice-Marshall Mohammed Maisaka (retd) at his residence in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government area of Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige confirmed the incident.
Jalige, who said the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, added that his gateman sustained an injury from the attack.
He said when the information was received; the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mudassiru Abdullah, directed the Divisional Police Officer and the Area Commander to the scene.
“The corpse has been evacuated to the hospital and the gateman has also been rushed to the hospital for treatment”, he said, “while revealing details of the incident would be made available soon.”
Jalige appealed to Kaduna residents to come forward with useful and timely information that could lead to the arrest of the culprits.
The retired senior Air Force Officer was the Proprietor and Managing Director of MSK Hospital, a medical facility he was said to have established to help the highly populated Rigasa community.
