2 female bombers ‘kill 30’ at Adamawa park

Less than 12 hours after 20 people were killed at a moque in Maiduguri, Boko Haram has struck again at Madagali, a town in Adamawa state, killing “at least 30 people”, according to a source.

Haman Furo, executive secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), confirmed the attack, but said he didn’t have the casualty figures yet.

“We will get that across as soon as we have the situation under control,” he said.

Victor Ezugwu, a brigadier-general and brigade commander, 28 Task Force Brigade, Mubi, confirmed to NAN that two female suicide bombers detonated explosives in Madagali.

“Two female suicide bombers struck at a motor park in Madagali and detonated their devices and we lost some beloved country men,” he said.

Ezugwu, who also did not disclose the number of casualties, said the situation had been brought under control and that security had been beefed up in the town.

He urged the people to vigilant and security conscious.

Some eyewitnesses at the scene told NAN that the two female suicide bombers detonated their IEDs at the motor park around 9 a.m.

They said that several people lost their lives and others were injured.

Boko Haram has killed more than 4,000 Nigerians in 2015 alone.