Three Nigerian town has was recently attacked by explosions suspected to be carried out by members of the terrorist sect, Boko Haram, early Tuesday.
According to information received, a suspected suicide bomber detonated an Impoverished Explosive Device at the popular Maiduguri Market in north-eastern Nigeria, at about 8:30am Monday, killing about 17 persons. while about sixty-nine persons were reportedly injured in the blast which affected mostly petty traders and members of the youth vigilante group, popularly called Civilian JTF, in the area.
In the central northern town of Nigeria, Kaduna, it was gathered that an explosion occurred around the Asikolaye/Bakin Ruwa area, along the Kaduna western bypass, in the late hours of Tuesday at about 9:45pm. Casualty figure was not available as of the time of this report, witnesses however said many were killed and several injured. The explosion shattered the glass windows of some of the surrounding buildings.
However, it was reported that the Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State, Umar Shehu, confirmed the incident but said that the blast caused no death. He said only two people were injured.
Likewise in Ile-Ife, Osun State, south-western Nigeria, a low-calibre bomb reportedly went off in the Onipetu area of the town around 4.00am, but nobody was killed. The Osun State Police said they deactivated another bomb before it detonated.
“They were grenades of low calibre. The first one exploded and the other was defused. It happened in an isolated place, so it did not kill nor injure anybody. We have visited the scene and we are investigating the matter,” Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr. Ibrahim Maishanu said.
The bomb was reportedly planted near a makeshift shop where provisions were sold but that it was unlikely that the casualty figure would be high since many people had gone for prayers at a nearby mosque.
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