Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred when the task force of the Borno Geographic Information Service (BOGIS) arrived at the church...
BOGIS claimed the demolition was targeted at structures erected illegally in the Maiduguri metropolis, including churches and mosques. .
The agency said the exercise was meant to enforce regulation of land administration and urban development compliance in the metropolis.“Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has ordered the Borno police command to immediately investigate a violent collision between a joint security task force operating with the Borno Geographical Information System and some worshippers at a branch of EYN Church at Maduganari, in Maiduguri,” Mr Gusau said in the statement.
He said the governor condemned in strong terms “the firing of gunshots by a member of the security task force as well as some persons who hurled stones at the task force during the encounter on Thursday.”“The governor also called the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Borno State, Bishop Mohammed Naga, and spoke with him to commiserate with the Christian community and leadership and family of the EYN church in Borno.
The statement added that Mr Zulum had invited the CAN leadership for a meeting at 5:30 p.m on Friday at the Government House in Maiduguri.
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