Fourteen people were killed in Thursday’s twin attack in a mosque in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, Aderemi Opadokun, the Borno state commissioner of police, has revealed.
The attack happened two days after the insurgents killed seven persons in different parts of the ancient city.
“At about 6.35 p.m. on Thursday, two suspected suicide bombers detonated their explosives in and outside a Mosque in Mulai,” Opadokun said in a statement.
“The building collapsed injuring many people that were praying. The number of death so far is about 14, including the two bombers. The casualties have been evacuated to University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) and the Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri.”
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He said investigation into the matter had commenced, while normalcy had been restored in the area.
Opadokun appealed to residents of the state to be vigilant and report any strange movements or objects in their locality to security agents for necessary action.
Boko Haram has continued to attack soft targets in the north-east despite the efforts of the government to put an end to the activities of the sect.
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Borno has been the state most devastated by attacks from insurgents, most of them happening in Maiduguri.
President Muhammadu Buhari has given the military a deadline of December to stamp out insurgency.
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