Suspected members of Boko Haram have
kidnapped the wife and two children of Alhaji
Zaraye Mala Sheriff, a Councillor in Borno
state who is reported to be a cousin of
former Borno state, governor, Ali Modu
Sheriff.
A source told Daily Trust that the men
stormed the Ngala town residence of the
politician in the early hours of Friday July
18th.
"The insurgents stormed the house of
the councillor around 12:30am on
Friday and asked the wife about her
husband. They also asked her for the
money he kept at home but she kept
quiet. Luckily enough, Zaraye was at the
other side of the house and when he
heard the conversation, he fled,” a
source from Ngala said.
He said angered by her silence and the
absence of their target, the sect members
took her and her two children away.
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"Up till now, nothing has been heard of
the woman and her kids. We have not
heard anything about the two
businessmen either,” he said.
Two other politicians, Alhaji Annur
Mohammed and Liman Alhaji Hussaini were
also reportedly kidnapped by the sect men.
Meanwhile there are reports that Maiduguri
metropolis and its environs have been
without power in the last three weeks
following the destruction of electricity
installations around Damboa town, 85
kilometers away from the state capital.
A senior official of the utility firm supplying
the state with power, the Yola Electricity
Distribution Company (YEDC) said the attack
by Boko Haram members in the last three
weeks around Damboa caused “huge damage”
to their 33KVA installations.
“The problem is aggravated by the security
situation around Damboa which makes it
difficult for our men to effect repairs. The
truth is that it will take time before
electricity would be restored in Maiduguri
and environs,” he said.

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