Fresh explosion rocks Borno market, kills five
There was another bomb attack on a market in Borno State on Sunday where five persons were killed, a member of the youth vigilante...
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There was another bomb attack on a
market in Borno State on Sunday where five persons were killed, a member
of the youth vigilante group Boko Haram, who does not want his name in
print told one of our correspondents on the telephone.
He said, “The insurgents planted a bomb
at the entrance to the Beneisheikh market around 10am on Sunday and this
led to the death of five persons while 15 others were injured.
“Today, being the market day in
Benisheikh, villagers do come to buy and sell grains and other farm
produce but they had bad news to tell as a bomb suspected to be planted
by a suspected Boko Haram insurgent exploded leading to the death of the
five people.”
Ibrahim said the casualty figure could have been higher had the bomb been planted within the market.
A resident of Beneisheikh, Modu Gana,
told one of our correspondents that, “We saw the dead bodies being
conveyed to the Beneisheikh Hospital and those wounded were assisted by
the members of the civilian JTF to the hospital. The market dispersed as
people and traders took to their heels for safety after the explosion
occurred.”
Meanwhile, the death toll from the
multiple bomb attacks on Maiduguri, Borno State has risen from 58 to 62,
a hospital source told one of our correspondents on Sunday.
[/media-credit] No go area: The road to the bombed Maiduguri market and security operatives … on Saturday
The Borno State Commissioner of Police,
Clement Adoda, had revealed few hours after the explosions at two
markets and a motor park in Maiduguri on Saturday, that 58 persons died
and 139 persons were injured and receiving treatment at hospitals in the
troubled town.
But speaking with one of our
correspondents on Sunday, a nurse in the hospital said four of those
receiving treatment in the facility had died.
She said, “Due to the gravity of
injuries of some victims brought to the hospital yesterday (Saturday),
three of the injured died overnight, another one was lost this morning
before the medical routine checks by the medical doctor on duty could
get to him. They died because they lost a lot of blood.
“We are presently observing the case of
one victim who is in a critical situation and he will need a miracle to
survive because his condition is critical.
“Apart from these isolated cases, majority of the victims have been treated and discharged.”
Meanwhile, the Director of Defence
Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has said that the campaign
against terrorism only made provision for collaborative efforts among
the countries involved in the operation.
Olukolade said that making incursions
into the territories within the country was not part of the deal with
the three collaborating nations involved in the ongoing campaign against
the Boko Haram insurgency.
Olukolade made the comment while
reacting to media reports that Chad and Niger had launched a joint
operation against the Boko Haram in Nigeria.