A former director, medical training operation, at the Defence Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal M. M. Maisaka and his grandchild, have been assassinated at Rigasa, a community in Igabi.
The gunmen were said to have stormed their residence located around Markarfi Road in Rigasa around 8:30 pm on Monday and shot the two at closed range, according to a report by Daily Trust.
This was made known by a former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani via his Twitter handle on Tuesday.
The Senator affirmed that the deceased was also a proprietor of the MSK Specialist Hospital in the state.
He wrote: “Earlier today, AVM Mohammed Maisaka, proprietor and MD MSK Hospital, shot dead at his residence Makarfi road, Rigasa ward within Kaduna.”
It was gathered that the 27-year-old grandchild, Mohammed Musa, who is a serving Airman, is his grandfather’s orderly.
The incident was confirmed by the deceased’s wife, Hajiya Fatima Maisaka, noting that the gunmen did not take anything from the house.
“They only came into the parlour and killed them both without taking any of our belongings. In fact, they left our phones with us.”
