He was assassinated between 16:30h and 17:00h, a few minutes after he drove his open back 4 x 4 vehicle into the compound of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School to inspect ongoing refurbishing work on the building being done by his firm.

Sources said as soon as the contractor stopped his vehicle, a gold-coloured motor car also drove into the compound and stopped next to Nabi’s vehicle. It is understood that two persons emerged from the assailants’ vehicle, both armed with handguns.

One of the gunmen reportedly took a few steps towards Nabi’s vehicle and fired several shots at the contractor, three of which reportedly hit him in the head.

The gunmen then jumped back into their vehicle and sped away

There were also unconfirmed reports that the contractor had more than $500,000 in cash on him at the time but the money was said to be intact when his body was removed from the vehicle.

Nabi was taken to a city hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The work on the school has about another two weeks for completion.

The motive for the killing was unknown up to press time and there was no evidence of any robbery.

Workers and those closely associated with Sheermohamed told the Guyana Chronicle that he was always a simple and charitable person and they are shocked at his brutal killing.

S. A. Nabi & Sons is involved in numerous projects in Guyana, and is among the leading contracting firms for the Primary Education Improvement Programme (PEIP).

It built the National Cultural Centre and more recently the new CARICOM headquarters at Turkeyen.

The firm employs more than 150 workers and is engaged in several infrastructure projects throughout the country.

Friday, April 07, 2006