Gunmen,
 believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect, on Tuesday 
evening shot dead the Borno Secretary of the Christian Association of 
Nigeria, CAN.

The
 National President of CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor, confirmed the cleric’s 
killing.Faye Pama Musa was killed inside his Maiduguri residence less 
than an hour after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a State of 
Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States.
Kenny Asaka, the spokesperson to Mr. Oritsejafor, in a brief statement described the killing as “sad.”
Mr. Jonathan had before the incident slammed a state of emergency on 
Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, saying it had become necessary for the 
Government to take extraordinary measures to restore normalcy.
“After wide consultations, and in exercise of the powers conferred on
 me by the provisions of Section 305, sub-section 1 of the Constitution 
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I hereby declare a 
State of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states,” he said.
The killing happened also few hours after a socio-political pressure 
group, the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), visited Maiduguri to commiserate
 with the state government over the recent Baga massacre.
 
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