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Suspected Boko Haram members on Sunday killed an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Ahmed, at his Gomari Mosque in Maiduguri.

Reports say Mr. Ahmed, popularly called
Ibrahim Gomari, was killed about 7pm after observing the Magrib prayer
at the mosque close to his residence.

“About three unknown gunmen came in an
unmarked sports utility car around 7pm and fired about five shots at
the scholar in front of the mosque. He died almost immediately as he
was shot at the chest and head by the killers,” a witness, Malam Garba
Isa, said.

The commissioner of police in Borno, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, confirmed the incident.

“It is true that we received a distress
call around 7pm from Gomari ward. A team of policemen was sent
immediately, but the cleric had already been killed before they
arrived,” Mr. Abubakar said.

He said that the police had begun
investigations to find the killers. The late cleric was believed to be
a former member of the Yusufiyya sect (Boko Haram) founded by the late
Mohamed Yusuf before denouncing his membership of the group.