INSURGENTS SUSPECTED TO HAVE GUNNED DOWN POPULAR GOMBE POLITICIAN IN MAIDUGURI

Imam Abubakar Mohammed Shekau, Boko Haram leader

BORNO, Nigeria
May 26 (Xinhua)

A popular politician in Nigeria’s
northeastern zone was shot dead in the
West African nation’s restive city of
Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, by
gunmen suspected to be of the Boko Haram militant sect, the military said on
Saturday.

Spokesperson of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state Lt. Col. Sagir Musa told a Xinhua reporter in Maiduguri that the
politician identified as Alhaji Ahmadu, a
People’s Redemption Party (PRP)chairman in Nafada local government area of Gombe State, was killed on
Saturday morning.

According to the JTF spokesperson, the
incident occurred at Unguwan Yashi, in
the troubled Maiduguri metropolis. He said efforts have been intensified to
apprehend the culprits, adding that the
joint task force had already uncovered
plans by the dreaded sect to attack public buildings during the commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day on May 29.