The chief of the Islamist sect found clear fault for days of hostility in north Nigeria has been shot and murdered while in police officer custody, representatives said Thursday.
The police officer commander of Borno state advertised on state broadcasting that Mohammed Yusuf, the chief of the sect some call the Nigerian Taliban, has “died in police officer custody.”
He granted no farther elucidation, but the state governor’s spokesperson Usman Ciroma advised The Associated Press: “I observed his body at police officer headquarters. I trust he was shot while he was attempting to escape.”
Yusuf’s death could provoke more hostility, though his followers in the Boko Haram sect may be in disarray after forces bombarded his join concurrently in the north habitation of Maiduguri on Wednesday. Yusuf, 39, supervised to elude with about 300 followers, some of them armed. His deputy, Bukar Shekau, was murdered in the assault, as showed by Army commander Maj. Gen. Saleh Maina.
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