Boko Haram gunmen on Friday shot and killed a retired general, Mamman Shuwa, in Maiduguri, Borno State.
Shuwa is an ally of a former governor of Borno State, Modu Sheriff.
Shuwa, who is a former minister of communications, will be buried on Friday evening.
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, is expected to attend the burial.
Shuwa was also a Borno elder and one of the influential citizens of the state who were consulted by the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), in June.
Dasuki had shortly after his appointment embarked on shuttles to some Northern cities to seek solutions to the bloody campaign of the violent Boko Haram sect.
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