{"id":1326,"date":"2013-04-01T17:35:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T17:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/gunmen-kill-university-lecturer-in-maiduguri\/"},"modified":"2013-04-01T17:35:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T17:35:46","slug":"gunmen-kill-university-lecturer-in-maiduguri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/gunmen-kill-university-lecturer-in-maiduguri\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill university lecturer in Maiduguri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gunmen on Sunday shot dead Malam Murtala Mohammed, a lecturer at the Mass Communication Department of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) at his residence in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri that Mohammed was shot at his 202 Housing Estate, opposite the university campus.<\/p>\n

“He was shot at close range by a group of teenagers shortly after observing the Zuhr Prayers in front of\u00a0 his house,.’\u2019 the witness said.<\/p>\n

Also speaking, Malam Yusuf Ibrahim, a neighbour of the deceased, said the victim appeared to have been trailed by his killers from the university campus before coming to his house.<\/p>\n

“Apparently the killers must have trailed him from the university campus where he had gone to perform some official assignment in the morning,” he said.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim also said the killers fled immediately after shooting the deceased severally at close range.<\/p>\n

Also confirming the incident, Malam Ahmed Mohammed the UNIMAID Chief Information Officer, said he heard about the sad event in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

He said however that the university authorities could not take immediate action as the lecturer was killed outside the campus.<\/p>\n

“I learnt that his remains were taken to the University Teaching Hospital (UMTH) mortuary by a team of operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who were alerted by neighbours after the event,” Mohammed said. (NAN)<\/p>\n

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