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Kindly share:<\/span><\/p>\n An immigration officer, who was part of the security team sent to disperse a crowd of protesters in the Bulunkutu area of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, accidentally shot himself thrice on the foot while blocking protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n The sound of the gunshots had provoked the protesters, who became uncontrollable, thinking that one of them had been shot.<\/span><\/p>\n However, they calmed down after realising that it was an immigration personnel that had shot himself.<\/span><\/p>\n The officer, whose identity has not been disclosed, was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n The protesters were demonstrating against the government\u2019s poor handling of the insurgency in the region, and high cost of living, among other issues confronting the people.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Security operatives comprising a joint patrol team of the police, military, immigration, DSS, Civil Defence barricaded the Bulumkutu Railway Junction to bar the protesters from spilling into the Maiduguri metropolis.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Publisher Kindly share: An immigration officer, who was part of the security team sent to disperse a crowd of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[417,178],"class_list":["post-1378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-endbadgovernanceprotest","tag-nigerian-immigration-service"],"yoast_head":"\n