{{Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead a prominent lawmaker in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, in the latest in a series of such attacks in a region hit hard by a radical Islamist group.}}
It was not clear who carried out the shooting in Kano, Nigeria’s second city, but Boko Haram Islamists have repeatedly targeted politicians in the north as part of an insurgency that has killed hundreds since 2009.
“I can confirm that Danladi Isa Kademi, a lawmaker at the Kano state house of assembly was shot dead by two gunmen around 6:00 pm (1700 GMT) today,” said Kano state police spokesman Magaji Majia.
“The gunmen came on a motorcycle and fired several shots into the lawmaker,” who was serving as the minority leader in the state assembly.
Kademi was shot outside a guesthouse he owned, Majia said.
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