Some aggrieved soldiers held Usman Durkwa, deputy governor of Borno state, to ransom at a military checkpoint in Yobe state on Sunday.

A source who witnessed the incident which occurred in Buni Gari town in Gujiba local government area of Yobe, told TheCable that the security personnel threatened to kill Durkwa.

Durkwa was returning from Adamawa state, where he had attended the turbaning ceremony of Martins Babale, his Adamawa counterpart.

The ceremony took place in Ganye local government area of Adamawa.

However, Durkwa’s convoy reportedly ran into the military checkpoint, where no soldier was in sight.

A policeman attached to the deputy governor’s office had attempted to remove the barricade on the road when the military personnel started springing out from different directions.

They reportedly asked him who gave him the order to dismantle the barricade, and in the process started manhandling the policeman.

One of the soldiers was said to have used the butt of his gun to hit the....http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2017/05/breaking-soldiers-hold-borno-deputy.html