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A lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, is dead.
According to reports, Baraza was killed by gunmen on Thursday night at his residence in the Dass local government area.
The lawmaker represented Dass Constituency in the House before his death.
The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incident on Friday morning.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ahmed Wakili, said the assailants also kidnapped his two wives and one-year-old child.
Wakili, however, said a crack team of police personnel have been mobilised to the area to commence an immediate investigation to rescue the victims and nab the perpetrators.