Unknown gunmen on
Thursday shot dead a 35-
year-old banker, Malam
Yakubu Abdullahi, in
Gwange, Layin Hajiya
Maituwon Yasin area of
Maiduguri.
Relatives of the deceased
told journalists in
Maiduguri on Friday that
Abdullahi was killed at
about 6.30pm while he was
eating in company of two
of his friends.
``The three of them were
breaking their Ramadan
fast in front of Abdullahi's
residence when the
gunmen struck.
“Two teenagers
appeared on foot with
AK-47 rifles and sprayed
bullets at them,'' the News
Agency of Nigeria quoted
Malam Usman Kolo, a
relative of the deceased,
as saying on Friday.
Kolo said that Abdullahi
died instantly while one of
his friends escaped with
injuries.
“Oneof his friends was
hit on the leg by bullet. He
was later rushed to the
hospital for help while the
other escaped unhurt,'' he
said.
The Spokesman for the
Borno State Police
Command, Mr. Gideon
Jibrin, confirmed the
incident, saying that the
police had commenced
investigations into the
killing.


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