The number of persons who were killed in the explosions which rocked parts of of Maiduguri early today, has been revealed.
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It has been revealed that as many as six persons were killed the suicide attacks which rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, North-east Nigeria on Wednesday.
In a statement by the Information Officer in charge of the National
Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) North-east zonal office, Mallam
Abdulkareem Ibrahim, the attacks happened at about 1:15am on Wednesday.
He said the attacks were carried out by four teenage girls who had explosive devices strapped on them.
The statement read: “Four female teenage suicide bombers and
two other men died (6 people) when the four females detonated explosives
at Usmanti along Mina Garage road at about 1:15am.”
He added that: “Sixteen people who got injured were
administered with first aid by rescue workers before being transported
to the State Specialist Hospital and University of Maiduguri Teaching
Hospital in Maiduguri Borno State.”
One of the residents of the area where the attacks took place,
Mustapha Mele, said the two males opened doors for the female teenagers
when they knocked on their doors.
He said: “Immediately they opened the doors to them, they detonated the explosive devices which led to their death.”
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