News
Four killed, 34 injured as Boko Haram insurgents infiltrate #EndBadGovernance protesters in Borno
Suspected Boko Haram elements on Thursday infiltrated #EndBadGovernance protesters along the Baga Road in Maiduguri and killed four persons.
At least 34 others sustained various degrees of injuries in the incident.
The state’s Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this to journalists in Maiduguri.
He said the police swiftly deployed the Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD), Base 13, which probed the scene and rendered the area around a filling station safe.
Lawal said the injured persons and corpses were evacuated to Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment and autopsy.
The CP, who spoke on police declaration of 24 hours curfew in the state, said many minors, mostly almajiris, between the ages of 9 and 15, took over the Maiduguri-Kano Road to vandalise public property.
READ ALSO: Memories of EndSARS return as Police clash with #EndBadGovernance protesters at Lekki toll-gate
He noted that despite police persuasion, the crowd turned riotous, forcefully broke police barriers, pelted stones at officers, and advanced towards the city centre.
He added that the rioters later spilled over to other parts of Maiduguri Municipal and broke into the Borno state Mechanical Workshop along Baga Road.
“They looted vocational skills acquisition equipment, and vandalized five official vehicles belonging to BOTMA.”
According to him, 14 suspects had been arrested and are currently under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in the state capital.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
SPECIAL REPORT: In Sokoto, classrooms overtaken by goats, reptiles, as insecurity, lack of teachers, govt inaction push children out of school
SHEHU MUHAMMAD SHEHU reports on how insecurity, government inaction and lack of qualified teachers has significantly forced up the number...
INVESTIGATION: Abia residents in pains, as contractor abandons erosion control project after collecting N185m
Fresh from fashion school in 2022, Onuka Kalu planned to convert one of his father’s two shops, where he formerly...
Trump halts $50m Gaza aid, cites ‘condoms in Gaza’ claim
In a sweeping move to reassess U.S. foreign aid spending, President Donald Trump has frozen a $50 million assistance package...
INVESTIGATION: In Zamfara, forgotten Health Center throws community into health crisis
In the late evening of Friday, September 14, 2024, shortly after the Maghrib prayer, Bashir Muhammad, a 34-year-old father of...
INVESTIGATION: Insufficient teachers, learning materials worsen education access in Kwara communities
Qudus, a Junior Secondary School (JSS 2) pupil, would sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in a year to...