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A gunman believed to be from the Boko Haram Muslim sect has shot dead a prominent cleric from a rival sect in northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Ibrahim Birkuti has criticised Boko Haram for killing dozens of security agents and politicians in recent months near the city of Maiduguri.<\/p>\n

Like most of the other victims, he was shot dead by a man riding a motorbike, witnesses say.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Boko Haram supporters died during an uprising in 2009.<\/p>\n

They attacked police stations in Maiduguri but were defeated and their leader was killed.<\/p>\n

The sect campaigns against Western education and is also known locally as the Taliban, after the Afghan group, with which it shares some beliefs.<\/p>\n

Mr Birkuti was from the Saudi Arabian-inspired Wahabbi group, which has been gaining ground in the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria in recent years.<\/p>\n

He had been one of the most prominent clerics to criticise Boko Haram in Borno State, of which Maiduguri is the capital.<\/p>\n

A police spokesman told the BBC he was killed outside his house in the town of Biu, some 200km (120 miles) south of Maiduguri.<\/p>\n

\u201cA gunman riding a motorcycle stopped outside the house and brought out a gun from under his shirt and shot him twice at close range before fleeing,\u201d Babagana Hanafi, Birkuti\u2019s neighbour for 15 years told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

Last week, Boko Haram told the BBC it had carried out a series of bombings after President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s inauguration last week.<\/p>\n

A sect spokesman said it was also responsible for killing the brother of the Shehu of Borno, one of Nigeria\u2019s most important Islamic leaders.<\/p>\n

In Maiduguri, the police have made hundreds of arrests and even banned motorbikes at night but have not been able to stop the violence.<\/p>\n

From BBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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