The Attorney General of Borno State, Mr. Zanna Mallam Gana was Monday night shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen.
According
to a report published in the Leadership newspaper’s online edition,
Gana was killed at about 8.30pm, in his hometown, Bama, some kilometers
from the Maiduguri headquarters of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.
He
was in the company of Alhaji Abba Yerima, the former chairman of PDP of
Bama Local Government of Borno State, who recently defected to the All
Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Yerima is being treated in a local
hospital, the paper said.
The funeral of the late Attorney General is billed to take place today in Bama, about 100 kilometers from Maiduguri.
It is however unclear why he was assassinated.
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