Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Another Policeman in Borno

4 January 2011

Maiduguri — A police corporal identified as James was yesterday trailed and killed by two gunmen at the door of his house in Gwange Ward in Maiduguri shortly after returning from work.

Residents of the area said Mr. James, arrived home in plain clothes after a night duty, but unknown to him, he was being trailed by the gunmen who shot and killed him on the spot before fleeing on a motorcycle. A witness, Sulaiman Bunu, said the attackers were two.

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