BY NDAHI MARAMA, Maiduguri
A policeman was killed by unknown gunmen at the
wedding of his two daughters in Damboa town in
Damboa local government area of Borno State, local
sources said yesterday, saying the incident happened on
Friday.
Residents told our correspondent that the deceased
policeman was shot dead in front of his house while
conducting the wedding Fatiha of his daughters shortly
after the Friday congregation prayer(Jumat). It was
gathered that the policeman ran from the town for
months following death threat sent to him by unknown
persons only to return to the town last week in order to
marry out his daughters.
”He came back last week to marry out his two
daughters but was shot dead on Friday after Jumat
while the wedding was going on”, a resident who did
not want to be named said.Our reporter learnt that the
deceased officer was from Michika local government
area of Adamawa State but resident in Damboa. In
another development, a telecommunications network
mast has been burnt down in Ajigin village, an outskirts
of Damboa local government area.
Locals said that the Airtel’s mast, was just repaired
Thursday,was burnt for the second time. No official
statement on the two incidents and efforts to get the
Borno police spokesman,DSP Gideon Jibrin, weres not
successful as at the time of filing this report.