A suspected member of the Boko Haram sect yesterday short and killed a police Inspector, Mr Elias Dawa, at about 2pm at a polling centre in Ummarari area of Maiduguri.

Police commissioner Mic Zuokumor who confirmed the attack said the suspect was immediately trailed to his hideout by a detachment of the police from the Ibrahim Taiwo Division which led to serious exchange of gunshots with other gunmen found in the house.

“The inspector was killed when the gunman attacked him at his election duty post and our men were able to arrest him at his hideout even though his colleagues fled with gunshots wounds,” the commissioner said.