Unknown gunmen attack Gov Shettima's convoy, kill 3 in Borno
Suspected Islamist militants attacked the convoy of a state governor in northeastern Nigeria on his way to a rally ahead of a presidential election, killing at least three people, official sources said on Wednesday.
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They said the gunmen opened fire at the motorcade transporting Borno's state governor Kashim Shettima on Tuesday on his way from state capital Maiduguri to the market town of Gamboru for a rally.
Two security sources said three people died.
A government and a separate security source said as many as 10 people were killed during the attack.
The governor's spokesman could not be reached for comment.
Voters in Nigeria, Africa's biggest democracy, go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president.
Incumbent Muhammadu Buhari is seeking a second term in office but faces a tight contest from main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, a businessman and former vice president.
Shettima is a government politician.
(Reporting by Ola Lanre and Ahmed Kingimi in Maiduguri; Additional reporting by Paul Carsten in Abuja; Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
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