Suspected gunmen of Boko Haram sect shot dead the Kala/Balge council chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Modu Janga; and its Youths Leader, Alhaji Abba near Mafa town on the Maiduguri-Dikwa road by 11am Monday.
The APC duo officials were returning
to Gudumbali from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, when their vehicle was
ambushed near Mafa town.
According to an eyewitness and
resident of Mafa, Babagana Usman mafa, said “the insurgents blocked the road
with wood and tree branches, before identify occupants of the vehicle and shot
dead two persons at the spot, and fled towards Dikwa, a border town with
Cameroon.
“The party chairman along with other
passengers in the ambushed vehicle, were first stopped by flagging down the
driver for identification, before three gunmen on motorcycles shot dead two
people at close range; and fled towards Dikwa,” Usmani said in a telephone chat
Tuesday in Maiduguri.
He said the gunmen did not rob the
party officials, as their vehicle was abandoned at the scene of the incident,
adding that the road was also closed for two hours by soldiers and policemen
prevent further attacks.
On whether other vehicles were
ambushed during the attack, he said: “these gunmen could have targeted the APC
officials returning to the council area of Kala/Balge, before they were
ambushed on that road leading to Gudumbali, the council headquarters.”
Our correspondent also learnt that
Mafa town was attacked three times this year, destroying several public
buildings, vehicles and houses along with people’s lives, including three
policemen and a soldier.
Council chairman of Kala/Balge,
Alhaji Alifa Bukar Rann also yesterday in Maiduguri at the Government House
confirmed the incident. He said “two officials of APC were shot dead near Mafa
town while returning to Gudumbali for party official engagements”.
When contacted for confirmation over
the incident yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno state Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), DSP Gideon Jibrin’s phone number could not be reached, but a
security source who is not authorized to speak on the matter said “armed
hoodlums ambushed a vehicle on Dikwa road on Monday; and two people were feared
dead, before the security agents closed the road for two hours to prevent
further attacks -VANGUARD
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