- At least four protesters were killed in Borno state after Boko Haram terrorists infiltrated the public demonstration along Baga Road in Maiduguri
What started as a peaceful protest and citizens’ expression of their discontent with the hardship in the country turned into a full blown melee and violent event that claimed some lives.
At least four protesters were killed in Borno state after Boko Haram terrorists infiltrated the public demonstration along Baga Road in Maiduguri.
According to the police in the north east state, the terrorists also injured 34 others people.
The State’s Police Commissioner, Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri.
Lawal disclosed that the police swiftly deployed the Explosive Ordnance Device(EOD), Base 13, which scour the scene and secure the area around a filling station.
He stated that the injured persons and corpses were evacuated to Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri for treatment and autopsy.
Lawal, who spoke on police declaration of 24 hours curfew, said several minors, mostly almajiris, between the ages of 9-15, took over the Maiduguri-Kano road vandalising public property.
He said that despite police persuasion, the huge crowd turned riotous, forcefully breaking police barriers, pelting stones at officers and advancing towards the city center