Nine construction workers were murdered by unknown gunmen on Monday in troubled Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
Confirming the early morning attacks, Military spokesman Sagir Musa said, the nine bodies were found in a construction workers’ compound in the city’s Bolori area at around 7 a.m.
A nurse at a local hospital also told Reuters that ten bodies were deposited at the hospital on Monday morning.
The attackers are yet to be identified nor is the motive of the attack.
Fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram launched its revolt in Maiduguri in 2009 and has claimed hundreds of lives in its attacks, bombing raids and other attacks in the surrounding region and across the country.
However, there has also been an increase in killings by armed criminal gangs, taking advantage of the unrest to settle scores.
