Mubi Massacre: Police Confirm 25 Dead As Govt Imposes Curfew.

Gunmen massacred at least 25 people in a student housing area of northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, calling victims out by name before shooting them or slitting their throats, officials said.

The attack occurred in the early hours in the town of Mubi, where the military last week carried out a high-profile raid against Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which has been waging a deadly insurgency.

Some officials however suggested the massacre may have been linked to a recent student election.
Meanwhile,Adamawa State Police Command spokesman, Ibrahim Mohammed, DSP, has confirmed that 25 dead bodies have so far been deposited at the General hospital, Mubi, even as the state government has impossed a 24-hour dusk to dawn curfew on the town in the wake of the Monday night gun attack.
DSP Mohammed, however, stated that figure is likely to rise as security agents continue to mop up the incident area.


The spokesman [named withheld for security reasons] of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, who spoke to ThisDay via telephone, said the shooting took place at about 10pm, when
unknown gunmen opened fire on some students at Wuro Fatuje.He stated that the sporadic shooting lasted for over one hour.Wuro Fatuje, a surburb of Mubi, is heavily populated with off-campus students of the three institutions.
The spokesman stated that the unknown gunmen shot sporadically at any moving persons, for over one hour.

Source  Thisday