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Nigerian Police officer kills own father who retired as ASP in Maiduguri

A Sergeant of the Nigeria Police Force, Sunday Wadzani, has killed his father, a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP.

This was disclosed by Zagazola Makama, a Lake Chad Basin counterterrorism and insurgency expert, in a post on his X handle on Monday.

Makama said the incident occurred on Sunday behind the Borno State Police Headquarters located in Modugannari, Maiduguri.

He said: โ€œA police officer with the rank of Sergeant, named Sunday Wadzani, has shot and killed his father, who was also a retired police officer with the rank of ASP.

โ€œThe incident occurred behind the Borno State Police Headquarters located in Modugannari, on Sunday, in Maiduguri.โ€

The Borno State Police Command is yet to confirm the incident at the of filing the report.