Edward Buju, Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party in southern Kaduna senatorial zone, on Tuesday announced that Victoria Chintex, Women Leader of the party in kaure LGA of Kaduna state, has been killed by gunmen.
Buju said she died on Monday after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her.
Her husband was also said to have sustained gunshot injuries and is currently receiving treatment at a medical facility.
He described the late women leader as a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated woman who died at a time the party and the country needed her most.
He saidThe Southern Kaduna (Zone 3) Labour Party commiserates with the party chairman and his excos in Kaura local government area, over the untimely demise of our mother and sister, Mrs Victoria Chintex, woman leader, Kaura local government area, who was killed yesterday (Monday) by some unknown gunmen in her residence in Kaura,” the statement reads.
