BARELY 28 hours
when six people were
shot dead by
suspected terrorists in
Sulimanti ward of
Maiduguri Metropolis, a
local government
secretary of Bama
Council area of Borno
state, and his friend, a
university lecturer
were on Monday night
shot dead by gunmen
suspected to be Boko
Haram in the same
area.
Our reporter who was
at the scene of the
attack in Maiduguri
near NNPC depot
before the bodies
were evacuated by
the police officials to
Biu Local Government
for burial as both hail
from Biu had sparks
off confusion as
nearby residents and
neighbours have all
vacated their houses
for fear of another
attack.
The Borno state police
commissioner who just
resumed newly,
Abdullalahi Yuguda,
confirmed to newsmen
that the Local
government secretary,
Muhammed Salisu, and
his friend, Barrister
Abubakar Muhammed
Salihu a Senior Law
lecturer from the
Federal University of
Ado-Ekiti, South-west
Nigeria, were shot
dead last night.
The bodies of the two
slain friends were seen
lying in the pool of
their blood with bullet
wounds in their heads.
A close family relation,
whose name can’t be
mentioned for his
security said ‘the
University lecturer was
in Maiduguri to enroll
his about 12 years old
son in one of the
colleges in Maiduguri.
He came in yesterday
and insisted on
sleeping in the house
of his best friend the
Local government
secretary. He was
supposed to deliver a
paper at the Nigeria
Law School today in
Abuja’.
The bodies of the two
have since been taken
to Biu town for burial
according to Islamic
rite.
As at the time of filing
this report the
members of the Boko
Haram, whom the
police suspected
hadn’t call to confirm
or deny their
involvement in the
killings.

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