A 40-year-old school teacher, Nurudeen Algoni Umar was on Sunday night shot dead by gunmen suspected to be members of the Yusufiyya sect popularly known as Boko Haram in Gwange ward of the Maiduguri metropolitan council.
Our correspondent gathered that the assailants who were three in number opened fire on the teacher when they sighted him coming out from his family house in Waziri Musa Street, Gwange area of Maiduguri.
A younger brother to the deceased told our correspondent that the incident happened around 8.30pm on Sunday night shortly after the last prayer of the day known as Tarawih.
According to him, the assailants who might have been in the area for some hours monitoring the deceased opened fire on him immediately he came out from their family house and fled the area.
“I was told by other neighbours that my brother was shot by unknown people after the Ishai prayer. Nobody knows who they are or where they came from,” he said.
The deceased who was a staff of Federal Government College, died before help could come his way.
When the spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed was contacted on phone, he said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.
Meanwhile, the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Borno State has alerted residents of Maiduguri on the new practice by suspected members of the Yusufiyya sect popularly known as Boko Haram sect who they alleged plant an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in dustbins and refuse dumps in order to cause panic and fear among residents.
The JTF in a statement signed by its spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed said members of the Boko Haram have now deviced another means of causing panic to the law abiding citizens by planting explosion in refuse dump by the road side and close to residential buildings.
He said, “The JTF wishes to draw attention of the general public to the current practice of planting IED in dustbin/refuse dumps by members of the Boko Haram sect. This is aimed at causing panic and to frighten law abiding citizens.”
The JTF spokesmen advised members of the general public to clear refuse dump close to their houses and report any suspicious movement to security agencies. ?