Lawal Abdullahi, the command’s Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Monday that the suspected militants invaded the joint while the victims were drinking.
“They raided the joint and shot the victims who were busy drinking.
“All the victims died even after some were rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) for help,” Mr Abdullahi said.
He added that the militants successfully carried out the attack because it was not properly secured by the owner.
“The area is purely residential and the owner illegally converted the place to a beer parlor without properly registering the place.
“If the place had been properly registered, there would have been the presence of security agents to safeguard it, especially in the face of the security challenges facing the state,” Mr Abdullahi said.
NAN reports that the attack came a few hours after the militants gave the Borno government conditions to be met before any dialogue could take place.
Part of the conditions which were contained in a letter released to journalists in Maiduguri included an unconditional release of its members in police and prison custody.
“We are demanding for the immediate prosecution of all those who were involved in the killing of our leader, late Mohammed Yusuf, who was captured alive by the military after the 2009 crisis in Maiduguri,” the letter said.
The sect also called for the investigations of an alleged poisoning of its members awaiting trial by officials of the Nigeria Prison Service in Maiduguri.
It also called on the Federal Government to release the report of the Sarki Muktar-led committee of enquiry into the human rights abuses by security agents during the 2009 crisis.
The sect also urged the government to work toward implementing the sharia Islamic code in all states with majority Muslim population in Nigeria.
“We will not enter any agreement with the government except those conditions are met,the group stated in the letter.
The state governor Kashim Shettima had on assumption of office called on the sect to dialogue with his administration to end the crisis.
Source: http:///boko-haram-militants-kill-four-in-beer-parlour-attack/
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