Boko Haram Bomb Kills One in Borno

Source: thewillnigeria.com
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BORNO, February 28, (THEWILL) - A fresh incidence of bombing by notorious Nigerian sect, Boko Haram, occurred Tuesday morning in Maiduguri, Borno State just as residents of the affected area were rousing from their sleep.

The loud explosion, which occurred at about 5:45am, killed one, left another injured, and destroyed six classrooms and the storehouse at Gomari Costain Primary School. Parents of pupils of the school consequently kept their children at home, while a detachment of the Joint Task Force was seen patrolling vicinity of the school.

Only two days ago, a man claiming to be the spokesman of the terror group had threatened that attacks on schools would continue, owing to the prioritisation of western education over Islamic education.

In another development, gunmen yesterday shot and killed an immigration officer, Kolawole Olayinka, at his Gwange residence in another part of the town. Eyewitnesses said that Olayinka’s assailants arrived at the scene of the crime around 8:35 am in an unmarked vehicle and fired several gunshots into his head and chest, before seizing his laptop and a briefcase. He was reportedly on his way to the Passport Office at the Customs area of the town to resume the day’s work.

Reacting to the murder during a briefing with journalists, Borno State Commissioner of Police, Simeon Midenda denied knowledge of the development until the journalists brought it up, saying “We are yet to get the report from the Gwange Area Commander. Certainly, there was no official report from the police area command where the crime has been allegedly committed by the suspected gunmen.”

However, an anonymous senior official of the Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS) confirmed news of the killing of Olayinka, which he said was received with shock. “One of our officers was shot and killed by suspected gunmen at his Gwange residence today at about 8.35am,” he lamented. “Kola was about to go to his passport office at the Customs area, when armed men ambushed him on the way and shot him in the head and chest. He slumped to the ground and died.”