A high-ranking Nigerian customs officer has been shot dead by gunmen thought to be from the militant Islamist Boko Haram, police have said.
Adamu Ahmadu was killed in Yobe state in north-east Nigeria, weeks after tightening up border controls to stem the flow of arms in the region.
Boko Haram has its stronghold in Maiduguri in neighbouring Borno state.
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(BBC) Nigeria gunmen kill customs boss in Yobe state
A high-ranking Nigerian customs officer has been shot dead by gunmen thought to be from the militant Islamist Boko Haram, police have said.
Adamu Ahmadu was killed in Yobe state in north-east Nigeria, weeks after tightening up border controls to stem the flow of arms in the region.
Boko Haram has its stronghold in Maiduguri in neighbouring Borno state.
Read it all.