/ 21 August 2001

NIGERIAN LEGISLATOR SHOT DEAD

A LEGISLATOR in Nigeria’s southern Rivers State was shot dead at the weekend by unknown gunmen while a top government official was shot and injured in another state, radio Nigeria reported on Monday. Monday Ndor was shot and killed as he arrived at his residence late Saturday in Port Harcourt, the state capital, the radio said. His four assailants fled after killing him, the report said, adding that the motive for the killing was not known. In nearby Enugu State, unknown assailants shot and injured the commissioner for culture and tourism, Ayogu Eze, the radio added. Eze, a journalist, is recovering in hospital, the radio added. – AFP