Borno State governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has ordered the Borno police command to immediately investigate a violent collusion 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.
The governor condemned in strong terms, the firing of gun shots by a member of the security task force as well as some persons who hurled stones at the task force during an encounter on Thursday. One person died and five persons are currently hospitalised.The governor also called on 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.
A clash happened yesterday when officials of BOGIS, alongside a joint security task force went to church for regulation of land administration and urban development measures, some of which have affected worship centres built without obedience to laid down regulations. The BOGIS has so far demolished dozens of illegally built mosques and churches in line with ongoing reforms.
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