A suspected male suicide bomber,
yesterday bomb the busy Musa Usman
Secretariat Main Gate in Maiduguri, the Borno State , leaving four civilians
including the bomber, and two policemen dead, with scores injured
The incident which took place at
about 11:40am, was masterminded by a male suicide bomber who disguised as a
lunatic and attempted to enter the Secretariat, but due to heavy security
checkpoint at the gate, detonated the Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs,
strapped on his body killing him and the other five victims including the two
policemen.
The area was later condoned off by
soldiers and men of civilian JTF before the arrival of Governor Kashim
Shettima, his Deputy, Alhaji Usman Mamman Durkwa and other top government
officials visited the scene.
Briefing Governor Shettima, Chairman
Borno State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Engineer Satomi Ahmed claimed
only one Policeman was killed and dismembered beyond recognition with other
five civilians dead and 6 other seriously injured. He said the charred bodies
of the victims including the suicide bomber and the injured had been evacuated
to State Specialists Hospital.
On a visit to the scene few minutes
after the blast, it was observed that human parts including intestines littered
everywhere while some were seen hanging on branches of trees at the entrance of
the Secretariat.
Confirming the blast, Acting
Director Army Public Relations, in an email message confirmed the suicide
attack at the entrance of Musa Usman Secretariat, Maiduguri, Borno State.
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