Meanwhile, some Islamic scholars have been going round Maiduguri and Jere towns with security escorts in open pick-up vans filled with the Holy Qurans and loud speakers, appealing to the people not to kill their neighbours in the name of religion.
They warned that anybody who killed his fellow human being would equally face destruction as predicted in the Quran.
Confirming the massacre of the construction workers in a statement, the Joint Task Force, JTF Spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, said: “Information available to JTF Operation Restore Order revealed that nine construction workers, working at the Shehu of Borno Central Mosque, were massacred by suspected terrorists at 1:45am today (yesterday).”
Sagir said the victims were living in a compound located at Bolori area of Maiduguri metropolis. He said the incident was reported to JTF at 6:05am.
Sagir added that JTF troops rushed to the area/compound and saw the dead bodies, which had been deposited at the Borno State Specialist Hospital mortuary, Maiduguri.
He said although no arrest was made, efforts were on to apprehend the culprits
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