An Improvised Explosive Device(IED) explosion resulted in the death of one person, while eleven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in another attack in Maiduguri, Borno state.
Gatekeepers News reports that the state Police Commissioner (CP), Yusuf Lawal disclosed this on Friday while briefing News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) about the incident on Friday.
Lawal said that the incident occurred during #EndBadGovernment protest at Deribe Junction near Federal Government Girls’ College Monguno (FGGC) Annex Bulumkutu area, Maiduguri.
He added that the injured victims were taken to State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri for treatment while the corpse was given out for autopsy.
According to the CP, the police swiftly deployed personnel of Explosive Ordnance Device(EOD), Base 13, who probed the scene and declared the area around filling station safe.
Lawal added, “In a separate incident, a case of culpable homicide was reported in Biu local government area.”
Going on, the CP revealed that a man named Muhammad Wakshama reported that his son-in-law, Ibrahim Bulama, had a misunderstanding with his wife, Maryam Ibrahim, and hit her with a stick on the head, resulting in serious injury.
Lawal said the victim was taken to General Hospital Biu for treatment but was confirmed dead on Thursday.
He noted the suspect was arrested and an exhibit was recovered while investigation was ongoing.
According to him; these incidents brought the total number of deaths in the state to 17 in the past 48 hours, with many others injured.
He concluded, “The Borno command assures the citizens that investigations are ongoing and that normalcy has been restored.”
