Uncategorized
Again, Bomb Blast kills 16, Injures Several Others in Borno
|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Again, bomb blast kills 16, injures several others in Borno
By Madu Mohammed, Maiduguri
At least 16 people were killed, while several others injured when an Improvised Explosive Device, (IED), suspected to be planted by Boko Haram insurgents exploded at a local joint in Kawuri community, Konduga Local government area of Borno State..
The incident accours barely few hours to the commencement of the nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance.
It could be recalled that Boko Haram insurgents have recently resort the suicide and bomb attacks on soft targets with the suicide attacks in Gwoza, Gujba and Geidam local government areas of Borno and Yobe states.
A resident of Kawuri , Bulama Abor who spoke to our Daily Hint Reporter on phone said the bomb went off around 8:05pm at a local tea joint where the villagers gathered for a night chat.
“Nobody can say exactly how it happened, but we suspected that the bomb was planted, not a suicide attack.We saw corpses of 19 people with an unspecified number of civilians injured. The injured were evacuated to an undisclosed hospital in Maiduguri for treatment,” Bulama said.
Confirming the incident, the Borno state police Command spokesman, ASP, Nahum Daso in a press statement on Thursday said “In view of the constitutional mandate of the Nigeria Police Force and other relevant security and law enforcement agencies toward preservation of law and order in the state. You are all aware of the incident that took place at kawuri which was the detonation of improvise explosive devices ordinance device which lead to the death of (16) persons while several others were critically injured and on admission across various Government hospitals in the state.”
“Inline with our constitutional mandate towards the restoration of law and order his Excellency the executive Governor of Borno State Prof. Babagana Umar Zulum in consultation with heads of security in the state, finds it’s expedient to declare 24hrs curfew in the state with immediate effect,” the police added.
