Police authorities in north eastern part of Nigeria have confirmed that suspected members of the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram have killed five people in Maiduguri; Borno state capital reports the Associated Press.
Spokesperson of the Borno police command, ASP Lawal Abdullahi said this Tuesday (January 31, 2012) that the sect members attacked an air force barracks, a police station and an army check point at Gamboru Ngala a city lying about 150 kilometres to the north from the capital city of the state.
Samuel Tizhe said the dead include a soldier, two policemen and two civilians.
An army official said a soldier was shot in the arm during the checkpoint attack.
Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a series of attacks that left at least 185 dead in northern Nigeria’s largest city, Kano, earlier this month.
