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Two New York police officers have been shot dead by a gunman who then killed himself, officials said. The officers were killed without warning on Saturday as they sat in their patrol car in Brooklyn, Police Commissioner William Bratton told a news conference, flanked by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “Although we’re still learning the details, it’s clear that this was an assassination, that these officers were shot execution style,” said de Blasio. Bratton named the gunman as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, and said he fled into a nearby metro station after the shooting and died there from a self- inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Police said Brinsley had shot and wounded his girlfriend in Baltimore before driving to Brooklyn. Bratton added that the gunman had made online posts that were “very anti-police”. The shooting comes at a time when police in New York and nationwide are being heavily criticised for their tactics following the chokehold death of Eric Garner,

APC Presidential flag-bearer, Gen Muhammadu Buhari stated reasons why he chose Prof Yemi Osibajo as his running mate for next year’s general election. Below is what he said; “To assist me in this great task of securing Nigeria’s future, I have chosen a man of unimpeachable integrity, an excellent professional, a man of faith, a devoted family man and a role model to our fellow countrymen and women. He is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. An alumnus of the University of Lagos and the London School of Economics, he is a prodigious author who has to his credit several books on civil procedure in Nigerian superior courts. The Vice-Presidential candidate is a friend of the less privileged, compassionate and zealous in service. A man of uncommon humility, a loyal, dependable and selfless patriot. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Professor Yemi Osinbajo, who by the grace of God and the vote of Nigerians will be the next Vice-President of the Fed