B’Haram kills two APC leaders in Borno.................No Child's Play

Two Borno State politicians have been killed by suspected members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect in an highway ambush in the troubled state.
It was gathered from sources that the two politicians, the Kala/Balge council chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Modu Janga; and its youths leader, simply identified as Alhaji Abba, were shot dead by suspected Boko Haram insurgents near Mafa town on the Maiduguri-Dikwa Road by 11am Monday.

The duo were said to be returning back to Gudumbali after attending a political meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The vehicle conveying them was ambushed by the hoodlums near Mafa town.

According to an eyewitness and resident of Mafa, Fogu Fannami, the insurgents barricaded the road with wood and tree branches, and on identifying the two APC leaders shot them dead on the spot, and subsequently fled towards Dikwa, a border town with Cameroon.

Residents of Mafa, who spoke to journalists on phone, said, “The party chairman along with other passengers in the ambushed vehicle, were first flagged down by the insurgents who demanded for identification, they were shot dead after they were identified to be politicians.”

Fannami speaking on phone to journalists on Tuesday afternoon, said, “Three gunmen on motorcycles shot dead two people at close range and fled towards Dikwa.”

He claimed that the gunmen did not rob the party officials as their vehicle was abandoned at the scene of the incident, adding that the road was also closed for two hours by soldiers and policemen to prevent further attacks.

On whether other vehicles were ambushed during the attack, he said, “These gunmen could have targeted the APC officials returning to the council area of Kala/Balge, before they were ambushed on that road leading to Gudumbali, the council headquarters.”

The Chairman of Kala/Balge Local Government, Alhaji Alifa Bukar Rann on Tuesday in Maiduguri confirmed the incident to journalists. He said that the two leaders of the APC were shot dead near Mafa town while returning to Gudumbali for a party official engagement.

Also confirming the incident in Maiduguri, a senior police officer, who did not want his name in print, said that armed hoodlums ambushed a vehicle on Dikwa Road on Monday; and two people were feared dead, before the security agents closed the road for two hours.