Gunmen kill Islamic cleric in Yobe
Gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram trailed and killed a prominent Islamic cleric, Malam Alaramma Dan-gubana at his residential house located at Unguwar Dogon Zare, Potiskum local government area of Yobe State friday evening.
The incident reportedly occurred around 9:30 p.m. after the deceased returned from a nearby mosque where he observed night prayer (Ishai) and continued with his normal 
routine of teaching students in front of his house.
Mallam as he is fondly called “stood to exchange pleasantries with some visitors when three people parked a Volkswagen bus and approached them. They shot Mallam at a close range and escaped. We all scampered for safety,” said a source.
The spokesman, Special Operation Batallion Damaturu, Captain Eli Lazarus confirmed that the Cleric was killed in front of his house.
The town of Potiskum has enjoyed many months of relative peace until recent days’ killings of innocent lives in some areas in the town.