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Gunmen kill at least 29 at football pitch in north-east Nigeria, governor says
Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in north-east Nigeria, a state governor said on Monday, with local people saying the attackers targeted young people gathered at a football pitch, the latest bout of deadly unrest in Africa’s most populous nation. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, the governor of Adamawa state, visited the scene of Sunday’s attack and “confirmed that no fewer than 29 people were killed in a deadly attack on Guyaku community in Gombi local government area”, his spokesperson said in a post on social media. Since 2009, the jihadist insurgency in Nigeria, led primarily by Boko Haram and the ISWAP, has left tens of thousands of people dead and millions displaced in the north-east of the country, according to the United Nations.
