A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state, Hon. Umar S. Fada Moriki was allegedly assassinated by gunmen who were thought to be bandits.
According to sources, the incident happened early on Saturday, November 15, 2025, as the politician was traveling to Kano at the Tsafe railway crossing.
The source also attests to the fact that the alleged bandits also injured a large number of travelers and kidnapped yet unknown number
Hon. Umar S. Fada Moriki was a strong politician in Zamfara state and has contested for a Federal House of Representatives seat in the Zurmi and Shinkafi Constituency in the 2023 general election, but he was defeated in the second round.
Security agencies in the state are yet give confirmation on the attacked but, the Nigerian Air Force has in the early hours of today Saturday 15 November, 2025 issued a statement signed by, Ehimen Ejodame
Air Commodore,
Director of Public Relations and Information
Headquarters that the “joint of Operation FANSAN YAMMA has achieved a major operational breakthrough following precision air interdiction missions conducted on 14 November 2025 at the Sauri bandit camp in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.”
“The mission was undertaken after comprehensive intelligence and surveillance operations confirmed significant terrorist activity and rustled livestock concealed on a high-ground hideout used by the criminals as both a defensive position and a logistics hub. Acting on this intelligence, the Air Component executed multiple coordinated strike passes on the identified targets, achieving direct hits that dislodged surviving terrorists attempting to flee into surrounding vegetation, where they were subsequently tracked and effectively engaged.”
The funeral prayer was scheduled to hold at low cost Jumu’at Mosque in Gusau the Zamfara state capital by 4:30pm of today Saturday, November 15, 2025.