Boko Haram kills police inspector

Nigerian Police Headquarters, Maiduguri File

 The Boko Haram sect on Sunday killed a police inspector in Maiduguri as he was driving to a mosque to pray with his family.

 

The gunmen stopped the officer’s car at gunpoint as he approached a mosque to pray with his family, he was reportedly shot but his family was allowed to drive the car away.

AP quoted the Borno State Police Commissioner, Simeon Midenda, as confirming the incident.

"Our men who live in the midst of the Boko Haram are not safe," Midenda said.

More than 100 died in a series of attacks in by Boko Haram, a Nigerian Red Cross official, Ibrahim Bulama, told The AP he expected the number of dead to rise as local clinics and hospitals tabulated the casualty figures from the Friday attacks in Damaturu, Yobe State.

In a statements on Saturday, a United Nations Security Council called the attacks Friday in the cities of Damaturu and Maiduguri "criminal and unjustifiable" and asked members to help Nigerian authorities bring those responsible to justice.

A statement on behalf of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for "an end to all violence in the area," while offering sympathy for the victims.

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday appealed for an end to all violence, saying it only increases problems, sowing hatred and division even among the faithful. He told tourists in St. Peter’s Square that he is following with apprehension the news from Nigeria.