It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack late Tuesday, though Islamist group Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. Currently wearing a false nose and moustache and answering to Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, or
Big Louie...
has been blamed for scores of such incidents in northern Nigeria.
"The gunnies shot indiscriminately into the cop shoppe and engaged our men in a shootout, killing a teenage girl trying to flee and wounding a policeman," Jigawa state police commissioner Hashimu Argungu said.
"They threw an explosive into the cop shoppe but it did not detonate, which saved the cop shoppe from being destroyed, although its walls were riddled with bullets from the attack."
President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
declared a state of emergency last weekend in parts of four states hard hit by attacks blamed on Boko Haram.
The decree included parts of Yobe state, which neighbours Jigawa, as well as areas of Borno, Niger and Plateau states.
Some have expressed fears that Boko Haram would shift its attacks to areas not affected by the state of emergency.
Tuesday night's attack targeted a divisional cop shoppe in the town of Birniwa on the border with Yobe.