The Borno police command says at least one person has been killed during a protest in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Friday.
Yusuf Lawal, the Borno state police commissioner, told NAN that the death was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion during the #EndBadGovernance protest at Deribe junction near FGGC Monguno Annex Bulumkutu area.
The nationwide demonstration against economic hardship which kicked off on Thursday turned violent in some states amid looting spree.
Police officers shot teargas canisters at protesters in Lagos, Abuja, Gombe, Yobe, Kaduna and Kano.
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Lawal said about 11 other persons sustained various degrees of injuries during the incident in Maiduguri.
He added that the injured victims were being treated at the State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri.
He said that the police deployed personnel of the Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD), Base 13, who probed the scene and rendered the area around a filling station safe.
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“The Borno command assures the citizens that investigations are ongoing and that normalcy has been restored,” Lawal said.
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