APC leaders shot dead in Borno

Two leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Borno State were yesterday shot dead by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Slain were Kala/Balge Local Government chairman of the party, Alhaji Modu Janga; and their Youths Leader Alhaji Abba. They were shot on the Maiduguri-Dikwa road.
They were reportedly traveling from Maiduguri after attending political meetings when their vehicle was ambushed by the gunmen near Maffa town along the Maiduguiri-Dikwa road.
“The attackers opened fire on them and they died thereafter,” a party source said yesterday.
“The party chairman along with other passengers in the ambushed vehicle, were first stopped as the gunmen ordered the driver to identify himself. The gunmen opened fire on the party leaders after dispossessing them of their money,” the party source added.
The Kala/Balge Local Government Chairman Alifa Rann, confirmed the killing at the Government House, Maiduguri.