Tensions rises as Boko Haram target district heads
The alleged extension of violent attack by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, to traditional institutions has sent fears into the spines of district heads in three states under the emergency rule.A security source said the district headsmay soon go into hiding following the killing of some of their colleagues in thelast three weeks by the terrorist group.It was learnt that the district heads tookthe decision to avoid being killed by the terrorists who appeared to have defiled all efforts by security agents to protect lives and property in the three states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.The security source, who did not want his name mentioned, toldSaturday PUNCHon the telephone during the week that apprehension gripped them after the news of the abduction of the District Head of Gumsa, Alhaji Mai Khadi, in Gaidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, was broken earlier inthe week.It was learnt that no fewer than 20 suspected Boko Haram gunmen stormed Gumsa village on Monday afternoon a