Three people have been reported killed in separate attacks in Borno and Bauchi states at the weekend. One of the victims was the District Head of Gudumbali, Zanna Mulima and former local council chairman of All Nigeria Peoples’ Party, ANPP.
In Maiduguri, Borno State capital, the former ANPP boss, Alhaji Tar Kusurambe was killed by unidentified gunmen at his residence at 2am, barely two days after returning from Saudi Arabia on the 2012 hajj exercise.
Two other persons were killed in Bauchi by unknown gunmen numbering about 15 who stormed Gudun Sayawa, a suburb of Bauchi at about 8pm, killing the two. However, an explosive planted in the house of a retired police officer at Gudum Sayawa, was successfully defused.
One of the victims, Mrs. Alheri Ayuba, a mother of three, was killed on her way from a neighbourhood, while Iliya Duba was shot dead as he was about to go to bed.
Some residents of the area, however, alleged that the attack was targeted at a retired police officer on whose roof an explosive was found.
Sources say some of the residents of Gudun Sayawa put distressed calls through to the anti-bomb squad, which quickly evacuated the explosive.
However, some members of the vigilante group in the area claimed that the police prevented them from pursuing the gunmen with the aim of arresting them in the premises of a company where they hid shortly after the gun attack.
They vowed to retaliate, blaming the Isa Yuguda’s administration for failing to address the insecurity challenges experienced in the area, alleging religious intolerance.
Some weeks ago, nine people were killed in Zango, near Gudun Sayawa, in similar circumstances.
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