'Boko Haram' Strikes Again, Kills Pregnant Woman

A pregnant woman, Hajiya Yakaka Abubakar, has been shot dead by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram in Maiduguri.  Relatives of the deceased said Mrs. Abubakar was killed while trying to protect her husband from being killed by the assailants.

Mallam Babakura Ibrahim, in-law of the deceased, described the incident thus: ''At about 9.30 p.m. about three strange persons invaded the area, so individuals started making contact with the police to inform them of the suspicious movements. But within a short period they broke into the house and shot my brother in the chest and his right hand.''

He said the wife who was about seven months pregnant bounced on one of the attackers from behind and tried to take his gun. “It was in the process of trying to wrestle the gun from him that his colleagues shot her in the stomach severally at close range. And she died shortly after being rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for help,'' he added.

The husband, a staff of Stanbic IBTC Bank, is however receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the town... I really don’t know what to say again about these wicked acts. Why take a life that you cannot give?