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A suspected Boko
Haram member on Sunday in Maiduguri, mistakenly shot dead his associate
while attempting to assassinate someone else.

An eye-witness,
Simon Joseph, told journalists in Maiduguri on Monday that three
suspected militants had attacked the Bulumkutu residence of one John
Musa at about 8 p.m. and shot sporadically into the air.

Mr Joseph said that
Mr Musa engaged one of his attackers in a combat. He explained that as
Mr Musa and his attackers wrestled, the other two attackers continued to
shoot in their direction with Mr Musa as their target.

Mr Joseph however
confirmed that it was in that process that the suspected Boko Haram
member was killed. According to him, the death of the suspected Boko
Haram member appeared to have shocked his associates as they stopped
shooting all of a sudden.

Confirming the
development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, Lawal
Abdullahi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Borno State
Police Command, said the sporadic shooting by the suspected Boko Haram
members attracted police patrol teams to the scene of the incident.

“ The shooting attracted police patrol teams who rushed to the scene and rescued the victim, Mr Musa.

“The body of the
slain militant was evacuated and deposited at the University of
Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Mortuary. The police also recovered
an AK 47 rifle, a mobile phone and four empty shells of live ammunition
at the scene,” Mr Abdullahi said.

Jos judgement

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Monday granted bail to five persons arrested over the January 10 crisis in Jos.

The five suspects are: Ismaila Aliyu, Mohammad Rabiu, Tijani Aliyu, Isa Isa and Yusuf Mohammad.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects were charged for criminal conspiracy and rioting.

They were also accused of being in possession of arms and dangerous weapons which were offences under the penal code of justice.

When the case came
up for hearing before Ishaku Kunda on Monday, the suspects pleaded not
guilty while their counsel, A.S. Moyosoro, applied for their bail.

The bail application was granted with the condition that each of them must bring a District Head or a local government chairman.

Alternatively, the magistrate ordered the suspects to bring a member of either the state House of Assembly or National Assembly.

The other conditions
were that each of the sureties must have a landed property and must pay
N250,000 before they could be released.

The prosecuting police officer, Yahaya Adamu, who also addressed the
court, said the investigation was on-going and that the file would be
sent to the Department of Public Prosecution for further advice. Mr
Kunda fixed further hearing for February 23.