How Gunmen Kill Policeman, Others In Borno
TWO suspected Boko Haram gunmen yesterday killed an inspector of police, Mai Kaidai, Borno Government House duty post.
Also, three gunmen killed the District Head of Mairari, Abba Mukhtar Tijjani at his Budum ward palace on Thursday.
The gunmen hid Kalashnikov rifles under their traditional flowing gowns. They shot the police inspector in the head and Tijjani was shot severally in the head and chest while his brother, Musti, was injured in the leg and arm.
Confirming the killings in Maiduguri, the Borno State police chief, Mohammed Abubakar said: “We have lost another senior police officer attached to the Maiduguri Government House this morning Friday, at 8 a.m. when two Islamic armed sect members on a motorcycle opened fired at Inspector Mai Kaidai in broad daylight at the railway junction.”
He said Kaidai was trailed right from his Madori ward residence, before the suspects shot him in the head and chest .
He said the armed suspects continued to adopt the “guerrilla warfare” in their serial attacks and killings, stating that when the suspects shot and killed the district head, his brother Musti was also shot in the arm and leg before they fled to the neighbouring wards of Abaganaram and Customs Area.
Abubakar, however, said there were no arrests by the police in the Thursday and Friday attacks and killings, adding that the general public should continue to assist the police by providing useful information on the hideouts and modus operandi of the suspected armed sect.
Also, three gunmen killed the District Head of Mairari, Abba Mukhtar Tijjani at his Budum ward palace on Thursday.
The gunmen hid Kalashnikov rifles under their traditional flowing gowns. They shot the police inspector in the head and Tijjani was shot severally in the head and chest while his brother, Musti, was injured in the leg and arm.
Confirming the killings in Maiduguri, the Borno State police chief, Mohammed Abubakar said: “We have lost another senior police officer attached to the Maiduguri Government House this morning Friday, at 8 a.m. when two Islamic armed sect members on a motorcycle opened fired at Inspector Mai Kaidai in broad daylight at the railway junction.”
He said Kaidai was trailed right from his Madori ward residence, before the suspects shot him in the head and chest .
He said the armed suspects continued to adopt the “guerrilla warfare” in their serial attacks and killings, stating that when the suspects shot and killed the district head, his brother Musti was also shot in the arm and leg before they fled to the neighbouring wards of Abaganaram and Customs Area.
Abubakar, however, said there were no arrests by the police in the Thursday and Friday attacks and killings, adding that the general public should continue to assist the police by providing useful information on the hideouts and modus operandi of the suspected armed sect.
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