Nigeria, March 10 -- The police are investigating the killing of the Kwara State chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Idris Abubakar.

Mr Abubakar, 32, was reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen around 10 p.m. on Saturday in front of his residence at Oke Ose in Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state.

He was a former special assistant to the Moro Local Government chairman and a youth leader of the Fulani community in Kwara.

The police spokesperson in the state, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, said detectives recovered five expended 7.62mm shells from the scene.

"The Kwara State Police Command confirms the murder of Alhaji Idris Abubakar, the chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Associat...