Unknown gunmen have killed a medical doctor and his wife in the Adamawa State capital, Yola.
Dr Mwajim Malgwi, the proprietor of Poly Freedom Clinic in Jimeta, Yola, was killed alongside his wife and housemaid by the gunmen around Boggare village, Jimeta, as they were returning home from a meeting with farm hands on Saturday.
An associate of the late medical doctor, Ibrahim Walye, who disclosed the killings Sunday morning, could not give further detail, but a source said the assailants who were moving in a tricycle, waylaid the couple and gunned them down.
The Adamawa State Police spokesman, Othman Abubakar, confirmed the incident Sunday morning. He said no arrest had been made but that his men were still investigating the incident.
The late Dr Mwajim was a commissioner for health in Adamawa State in 1988-89. He was in his 70s.
According to reports, Dr. Malgwi has been a target of Fulani ethnic cleansing violence as he was described to be the champion in the struggle for ethnic nationalities in Adamawa State.