Gunmen Kill Blind Resident, Injure Son In Maiduguri

VIOLENCE continued Friday in Maiduguri of Borno state, as gunmen suspected to Boko Haram sect attacked the house of a blind resident, Mallam Peter Jella, and shot him dead before his wife and children in the Zajiri ward of metropolis.
His son, that guides him while going out to a market or church, was also injured with stray bullets.
According to a resident and an eyewitness, Abdu Ibrahim, the gunmen trailed the 45-year old blind resident to his house and demanded for his presence, before he was shot in the head and chest in the glares of his wife and children.
Ibrahim also told The Guardian that Jella was issued a threat letter to relocate the area, as he was allegedly accused of providing information on the hideouts and activities of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri.