Two suicide bomberstargeting a crowded part of a major market in Maiduguri have blown up
themselves up, injuring 17 others in the explosion.
Twin blasts hit the
Bulabulin area of the Monday market in the heart of Maiduguri, the capital of
the northeastern state of Borno, at about 8.45 am.
Residents said the
bombers sneaked into the area as traders were commencing business activities
and detonated explosive devices that killed the bombers and injured 17 others.
Borno State
Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu confirmed the incident after an earlier
statement by the police public relations (PPRO), Victor Isuku.
“Two suicide bombers
detonated IEDs strapped to their bodies by Monday market round about. 17
persons sustained various degrees of injuries, and are presently at a
specialist hospital. Only the suicide bombers died in the blast,” the statement
reads.
Governor Kashim
Shettima, who visited the scene of the attacks and the injured at the Accident
and Emergency ward of the Maiduguri Specialist Hospital, described incident as
unfortunate, urging residents to be more vigilant.
Meanwhile, the
governor has summoned leaders of markets, motor parks, shopping centers and
football fields with heads of security agencies in the state for an emergency
security meeting to take place on Monday.
Spokesman to Gov
Shettima, Isa Gusau, in a press statement today said the governor called the
meeting to reassess the security of the state following the Sunday explosions.
“We will be having
an emergency security meeting involving management of all the markets, motor
parks, shopping centers, football fields and other attack prone areas and the
we will invite the Civilian JTF and of course our security officials so that we
cross pollinate ideas and come up with some new measures that will strengthen
our existing security structure around markets. We have been taking different
steps as the insurgents change their ways, we will all meet and come with
measures that will not be made public,” he quoted the governor as saying.
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