In what appears to
be a renewed tactics, some suspected Boko Haram terrorists started hunting on
teachers, having attacked two in Borno.
This Monday the insurgents reportedly killed one Mallam Lawan Manga, aged 45, and injured Mallam Akura Walbintu, both staff serving in Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Wulgo town of Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.
This Monday the insurgents reportedly killed one Mallam Lawan Manga, aged 45, and injured Mallam Akura Walbintu, both staff serving in Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Wulgo town of Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to the
provided information, the incident, which took place at about 10:30 pm forced
the school authorities to close the school indefinitely, as staff of the
affected school have been into hiding for the fear of further attacks.
Wulgo town of
Gamboru Ngala, a boarder community with Cameroon Republic and about 200
kilometres north, away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, had witnessed
series of deadly bomb blasts and shootings masterminded by terrorists in recent
times.
Reliable resources
said to the journalists that the 3 assailants, suspected to be Boko Haram
terrorists, were armed with AK47 rifles. They invaded the village in the
evening, before they went straight to the house of Lawan Manga and shot him
dead.
Another source said
that after killing Manga who is a staff of the school at about 10:45pm, living
him in his pool of blood, they proceeded to the house of Akura Walbintu, also a
staff of the same school and shot him at his buttocks and arm, before they
escaped without being arrested.
A reliable security source said that immediately after the attack, a
team of policemen were drafted to the scene, where 3 live ammunitions and 5
empty shell of AK 47 rifle were recovered. He also added that the injured
were rushed to a General Hospital for treatment and that the corpse of the dead
teacher was awaiting autopsy at the same hospital.
God help Nigeria.......
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