THE Khadi Bala Muhammed of Sheria Court of Appeal was on Sunday evening shot by some armed robbers along Okene-Lokoja road while his driver was also kidnapped.
It was reliably gathered on Monday that Khadi Muhammed was on his way to Okene for Ajanah Basketball championship competition when he was attacked by the armed men.
According to an eye witnessed account, the Khadi was attacked at about 4pm before Itakpe by the fully armed men when they stopped his car and then shot him in his one of his arms.
The sources further disclosed that after shooting him, they robbed him of his belonging and then kidnapped his driver and escaped into the bush.
However other motorists travelling along the highway had to take cover to avoid been robbed or kinapped by the armed robbers.
It was also gathered that after the operation, the Khadi Muhammed was taken to Okene general hospital for treatment before he was later brought back to Lokoja.
In the last one week, Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highways has become a deadly highway as motorists and passengers travelling along the road are been robbed on daily basis.
Just last week before Christmas, some passengers travelling along the road were robbed by some armed robbers who also injured some passengers.
