Borno State Justice Commissioner Murdered By Boko Haram in Cold Blood..!

Top official killed in Nigeria state hit by Islamist attacks

By Aminu Abubakar (AFP) September 18, 2012 KANO, Nigeria Gunmen have killed the justice commissioner for a Nigerian state at the heart of an Islamist insurgency and also an ex-prisons chief in another volatile area, government and police sources said Tuesday.It was not immediately clear who was behind the killings, but they occurred after security forces on Monday shot dead two suspected high-ranking members of Islamist extremist group Boko Haram. In Borno state, gunmen stormed the justice commissioner's home late Monday in the town of Bama in the country's northeast, the region where Boko Haram is based and which has been hard hit by gun and bomb attacks.

"We received the report of the death of the commissioner of justice, Zannah Malam Gana," a government official said on condition of anonymity. "He was shot dead by some gunmen in his house around 8:45 pm last night."
In the case of the former national prisons chief, a senior police officer said he was shot dead in Bauchi state in Nigeria's north as he was leaving a mosque near his house following evening prayers.
"The former comptroller-general of prisons is dead," the senior police officer said of Ibrahim Jarma. "He died from the wounds he sustained in the attack last night."
Boko Haram has been blamed for more than 1,400 deaths since 2010 in northern and central Nigeria as part of its insurgency.
Nigerian soldiers on Monday shot dead a suspected media spokesman for Boko Haram and another high-ranking member.

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Posted: at 18-09-2012 09:12 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Which biznes does he have wit them, why him??? Abi boko don becum hire assasin.

Posted: at 19-09-2012 02:21 AM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero