Maiduguri car bomb – Up to 50 feared dead Today

Latest
information on
Maiduguri
bomb blast
indicates that
no fewer than
30 people lost
their lives
while twenty
vehicles and
many roadside
tents
destroyed.
A police traffic warder, women selling bean cake;
many motorists and a popular suya meat seller and
four of his boys who were all by the road near a
mosque at the GSM village lost their lives.
Credible hospital sources said over 30 dead bodies
have been deposited at the State Specialists
Hospital.
"As I am talking to you now, emergency workers
are attending to some of the people that sustained
injuries," a medical personnel at the hospital said.
The last bomb blast in the heart of Maiduguri city
exploded in March, 2013 at One Way, along the
Maiduguri Monday Market.
Police commissioner Lawan Tanko said, "My men
had counted 17 dead bodies' minutes after the
incident. Five of those injured have been taken to
hospital and my men are still working and counting
at the scene. I have directed my officers to visit
hospitals and make further inquiries," he said.

Sent From David Aniemeka