Unknown gunmen on Sunday shot dead Mr Wanasgu Kachuwa, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of?Chibok Local Government Council (LGC)?in Borno.
Kachuwa was shot?at?his State Low Cost residence in Maiduguri.
Residents told newsmen that the killers arrived at his residence around 12.30 p.m. in a Toyota Camry saloon car.
“Two men came in a Toyota?Camry?saloon?car and pretended to be visitors to the late chairman.
“But as soon as he came out, they fired several shots at him at close range, before escaping,''? said a resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Mr Samuel Tizhe, Public Relations Officer of the Borno Police Command, confirmed the killing.
“We got information that a group of two gunmen shot dead the late chairman around 12.30 p.m. at his State Low Cost residence in Maiduguri.
“We also got information that they arrived the house in a?Toyota Camry?saloon car and left immediately they killed the chairman.
“But the police will do everything possible to get the killers.?We are already searching for clues to get them,'' he said.(NAN)