Outrage As Dead Body Of Fmr. Kaduna Council Chair Is found After Attack On Burial Convoy

By Adesina Soyooye

Outrage, anger, tears, sorrow and disbelief have greeted the discovery of the former Chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna, Honourable Ibrahim Gajere in the bush.

The former Chairman’s brutal murder by terrorists followed an attack on travellers who were returning from a burial ceremony in Dogon Noma community, Maro Ward, Kajuru Local Government.

The incident incident which took place on Monday, February 16, 2026, according to eyewitnesses accounts, was when  terrorists attacked a convoy of vehicles and set ablaze the official car of the Executive Chairman of the Council as well as three other cars.

After the attack Hon Gajere, among others, was declared missing. A search party was immediately organised by community members and residents.

But it ended in tragedy

as Gajere’s lifeless body was found in the afternoon of Wednesday by villagers who had embarked in search of him in the bush.

A source which pleaded anonymity disclosed: “It is painful to inform you that the body of the missing former Chairman of Kajuru Local Government has been found this afternoon.

“Some people have been combing the forest in search of him when they did not hear from the attackers.

“There were bullet wounds on his body.”

At the time of filing this report, neither the Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, or the Kaduna State Police Command has released a statement on the incident.