location: Maiduguri
notes: Gunmen shot dead a leading governorship candidate and six others on Friday in northern Nigeria in a suspected political assassination ahead of April elections. Witnesses said that four gunmen arrived on two motorbikes as Modu Fannami Gubio was sitting outside after greeting his father following Fridays Muslim. Others killed were his younger brother, security aides and political associates. Boko Haram later claimed responsibility for the attack.
target_text: location: Maiduguri, fatalities: 7