November 19, 2023 NewsOrient

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday attacked the convoy of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni along Maiduguri-Dramaturg Road, killing two policemen and injuring two others.

A report in Channels Television quoted “an eyewitness, who was on the entourage but spoke on the condition of anonymity,” as saying “the attackers opened fire on the convoy from both sides of the highway, targeting the pilot.”

The eyewitness was quoted as saying: “We narrowly escaped death today. The convoy was attacked between Beneshiekh and Mainok, a distance of less than sixty kilometres to Damaturu after attending the 24th convocation of the University of Maiduguri.”

He added: “the insurgents opened fire on the convoy from both sides of the road, killing one policeman instantly while the other died later due to too much bleeding following bullet wounds. As a matter of fact, we left Maiduguri late, around 6.00 pm,” he said.

Reports say Governor Buni was not in the convoy as at the time of the attack as he had travelled to Abuja by air.

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