Nigeria: Yobe Speaker, Gaidam's Brother's Residences Burnt in Damaturu

24 September 2012

Maiduguri — Some assailants, suspected to be members of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda'awati Wal Jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram yesterday set ablaze residences of the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Adamu Dala Dogo, and two others.

Others affected are the residences of the House of Representatives, Goni Bukar (Bogon) and that of Alhaji Sheriff, the younger brother of Governor Ibrahim Gaidam.

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