A Director with the National Board for Tecnical Education (NBTE), Abdu Isa Kofa Mata, was killed during the terrorist attack on Abuja- Kaduna train on Monday night, March 28.



A family source, who confirmed the development, said that the deceased will be buried in Kano by 4.00pm on Tuesday, adding that they are awaiting the arrival of the corpse from Kaduna.

One Maiwada Dammallam, a friend to the 55-year-old father of five, said they both communicated on Monday morning, before the ill-fated journey.



Read his post below:



Allahu Akbar! Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un! I was just told about the shocking death of Abdu Isa Kofar Mata (Gigi Kofar Mata). He’s among the victims killed in yesterday’s train attack by bandit between Katari and Rijina on the Kaduna/Abuja road



The last I communicated with him was yesterday in the morning, 7:23am to be precise. We were both unaware that by the close of the day, he will be another statistic on the eerily consistent and persistent list of unnecessary and avoidable victims of insecurity in Nigeria. Insecurity is one of the areas we regularly discuss with Gigi.



His passion and concern for a sustainable solution to the seemingly unsolvable problem of insecurity in Nigeria, especially in the North stood him out as a constructive critic and public affairs analyst.



His intelligent perspectives were just as enriching. We had as much reasons to disagree as we had to agree on numerous issues yet, we remained the best of friends to the end. It’s not unexpected that each of our mutual friends that I reached out to confirm his demise burst out in tears. Quite a devastating tragic event.



My sincere condolence to Gigi’s family, his physical and virtual friends. May Allah SWT in HIS infinite mercies grant him Jannatil Firdau.

Please pray for Nigeria

Emdsa:
Please pray for Nigeria

Kai it has never been this bad

I don’t have RIP to waste on top this one.

.... Shameless old men. No rip for him

Buhari will lead the security,
Osibanjo will lead the economy.
FOOLISH NIGERIANS IN THE MUD.

Na wa

Hmm

Emdsa:
Please pray for Nigeria

since 1960,heaven helps those who helps themselves. Una must learn lesson.

RiP., And he resemble lie Muhammad

Emdsa:
Please pray for Nigeria

Prayer has never solved complex problems like insecurity, terrorism and banditry.

Stop living in a fools paradise.

These bandits are not ghosts. Governor Wike was able to reduce kidnapping to the barest by strengthening traditional institutions and holding community chairmen, chiefs and kings responsible for breakdown of law and order in their respective communities.

These bandits have a trail, trace it! Arrests all the village head within that perimeter.

Question them and the truth will be unravelled. Their children, brothers, cousins, nephews, clansmen, nieces etc. Are card carrying/active members of these units.

The silence of Mr. President is encouraging these guys to perpetrate more evil.

His usual strategy of calling for close door meetings with service chiefs is an icing on the cake.

This mindset of "No consequence" is the major cause of Nigerias problems.

My prayer for you all is that "May Nigeria never happen to you and yours".

Nawaoo

KingSatan:


Prayer has never solved complex problems like insecurity, terrorism and banditry.

Stop living in a fools paradise.

These bandits are not ghosts. Governor Wike was able to reduce kidnapping to the barest by strengthening traditional institutions and holding community chairmen, chiefs and kings responsible for breakdown of law and order in their respective communities.

These bandits have a trail, trace it! Arrests all the village head within that perimeter.

Question them and the truth will be unravelled. Their children, brothers, cousins, nephews, clansmen, nieces etc. Are card carrying/active members of these units.

The silence of Mr. President is encouraging these guys to perpetrate more evil.

His usual strategy of calling for close door meetings with service chiefs is an icing on the cake.

This mindset of "No consequence" is the major cause of Nigerias problems.

My prayer for you all is that "May Nigeria never happen to you and yours".

but you fail to realise that this is a religious war

Whether you like it or yes they are Islamic terrorist, whether bandits or outright terrorists (Mohammed their prophet began as a bandit)

So it's an idealogical stuff

I just hate hearing anyone was once a Buhari fan and now a critic!
When in history was Buhari a good administrator to make you a fan?

I just hope most of his supporters don't escape his breakfast

StaffofOrayan:
I just hate hearing anyone was once a Buhari fan and now a critic!
When in history was Buhari a good administrator to make you a fan?

I just hope most of his supporters don't escape his breakfast

Exactly

alsudan:
I don’t have RIP to waste on top this one.

That's very wrong

Why the headline "... Buhari campaign donor.."?

Is it a crime to support one's preferred choice in this democratic settings?

Why are you people like this

SarkinYarki:


Kai it has never been this bad

Are you serious.... maybe elufai don't want to pay March saraly..... or He is Killin his people because he wants to give buhari a bad name...

So, it was Buhari that killed him, not terrorists?

Buhari campaign donor


God works in mysterious ways

those who planted evil to devour me are getting killed before my very eyes

JAMO84:
So, it was Buhari that killed him, not terrorists?

Yoruba Muslim

after chanting Sai barber

TheNiceGuy:
Why the headline "... Buhari campaign donor.."?

Is it a crime to support one's preferred choice in this democratic settings?

Why are you people like this

U sef talk am?

It is only unfortunate bastards and terrorists that believe anyone not supporting the evil they support should be killed, that can reason and talk like the writer of the headline.

Very unfortunate set of animals and cannibals they are.
The evil, wickedness, violence they pray for will never ever depart from their family.

Annoying, unreasonable animals everywhere

post=111488746:

[s]U sef talk am?

It is only unfortunate bastards and terrorists that believe anyone not supporting the evil they support should be killed, that can reason and talk like the writer of the headline.

Very unfortunate set of animals and cannibals they are.
The evil, wickedness, violence they pray for will never ever depart from their family.

Annoying, unreasonable animals everywhere [/s]

Anything to move our darling nation forward is all we want @ not all this killings

Fixed

TheNiceGuy:
Why the headline "... Buhari campaign donor.."?

Is it a crime to support one's preferred choice in this democratic settings?

Why are you people like this

It's sad Buhari failed them man