A policeman was killed by unknown gunmen at the wedding of his two daughters in the town of Damboa in Damboa local government area of Borno State on Friday.
Residents told our correspondent that the deceased policeman was shot dead in front of his house while conducting the wedding Fatiha of his daughters shortly after the Friday congregation prayer(Jumat). It was gathered that the policeman ran from the town for months following death threat sent to him by unknown persons only to return to the town last week in order to marry out his daughters.
”He came back last week to marry out his two daughters but was shot dead on Friday after Jumat while the wedding was going on”, a resident who did not want to be named said.
The deceased was said to be from Michika Local Government Area in Adamawa State but resident in Damboa.
In another development, a telecommunications mast has been burnt down in Ajigin village, an outskirts of Damboa local government area.
Locals said that the mast, belonging to the telecoms company, Airtel Nigeria, was just repaired Thursday before being burnt for the second time. No official statement on the two incidents and efforts to get the Borno police spokesman, DSP Gideon Jibrin, failed as he could not be reached up to the time of filing this report.