Hundreds of youths on Saturday besieged the streets of Shagari Low Cost Housing Estate in protest against killing of the Deputy Chairman of Maiduguri Timber Shed Association, Mr. Aga City by the suspected gunmen.
The protesting youths carried placards demanding for the closure of Low-Cost Market, popularly known as Kasuwan Fara, saying that the market habours criminals and terrorists.
It was observed the protest was well coordinated and in orderly, while they ensured that miscreants would not highjack it.
The deceased was shot as he was about entering his car after he bought noodles from the market, according to a protester.
“We received a distress call last night that some unknown gunmen on Thursday evening shot dead our friend, Mr. Aga City, around Shagari low-cost general area. Immediately after the gunmen fired shots at him, they escaped the scene leaving him in the pool of his blood. City was then rushed to a nearby hospital in Maiduguri, but was confirmed dead”, our source stated.
The market is located a few meters from the 7 Division, Nigerian Army/Maimalari Cantonment, and is notorious for harbouring prostitutes and beer sellers.
