Unknown Gunmen Attack Church, Injure Policeman in Maiduguri, Borno - NAN

Some gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect yesterday attacked the Ekliziyar Yan’uwa a Nigeriya (Church of Brethren), also known as EYN in Bulumkutu ward of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, injuring one policeman.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the gunmen came in a tricycle (Keke NAPEP) at about 11:02a.m. when the congregation was listening to sermon from the pastor and thereafter opened fire on the JTF troops deployed to the church to protect lives and property, but unfortunately, the troops repelled the attack hence a policeman was injured.

An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the gunmen numbering about five, came on a tricycle and started shooting which he believed was targeted at the JTF security personnel attached to the church, but with the quick response from the JTF operatives, the gunmen had no other option than to flee from arrest.

He said even though he couldn’t get the details of the attack as to whether one or two of the gunmen sustained gunshot injuries, he was optimistic that one of the security personnel was shot in the leg, as he noticed it when he was being rushed to the hospital for treatment.

When contacted on the phone, the JTF spokesman, Lt. Colonel Sagir Musa, confirmed the incident...