An explosion bedded in a football field has killed one
person in Potiskum, Yobe State in north-east
Nigeria, witnesses said.
Residents of Potiskum told Channels Television that
the explosion occurred at the Arikime Primary
School playing ground and killed a sugar-cane
vendor who was heading home after the day’s
trading.
They believe the planted bomb that went off around
6:30pm local time on Sunday was targeted at
footballers using the playing ground.
The bomber, according to witnesses, was aiming at
killing early morning football players who often
besiege the busy Arikime playing ground for early
exercise only to be triggered prematurely by the
sugar-cane seller.
“The innocent wheelbarrow pusher runs into the
embedded explosion leading to his death and I can
assure you that the death toll this morning would
have been much if not for the early trigger which
claimed just one life,” a witness said.
The bomb is believed to have been planted by
members of the Boko Haram sect, who seem to be
having field days in the troubled Potiskum town in
the last quarter of this year.
Suicide bombers have about two months ago killed
Islamic faithful on procession.
Two weeks later students of the Government
Science Secondary School Potiskum were killed in
their numbers by a bomber who gained access to
the assembly ground of the school.
Relevant authorities are yet to confirm the Sunday
incident and no individual or group has claimed
responsibility of the attack.
Source: www.channelstv.com/2014/12/29/explosion-kills-one-yobe-state/

Na wa o..

God save us in dis Yuletide season

When will this nonsense end, I just wonder what our intelligence guys are doing about all this bomb planting foot soldiers of BH..


RIP to the dead sugarcane seller...SMH