A twin suicide bombers
suspected to be members of
dreaded boko haram who
sneaked into Baga fish
market in Maiduguri and its
environs wrecked havoc with
detonated Improvised
explosive Devices (IEDs)
living dozens dead and
injured.
But the Police Commissioner,
Mr. Aderemi Opadokun
insisted that only 12 people
were killed in the multiple
explosions suspected to be
female suicide bombers.
The incident according to
sources took place “at about
3:40pm on Monday when
Muslim faithful in the market
were observing their Ishai
prayers when the first
explosion went off at the
centre of the market killing 35
people with over 50 seriously
injured”.
Another source revealed that
“immediately after the first
blast, another female suicide
bomber killed herself when
the IEDs wrapped in her body
accidentally went off before
reaching her crowded target
at a mosque close to the
market”.
Baga market is a stone throw
to the 7 Division, Nigerian
Army and now the Military
Command and Control
Centre. The Market which
initially was an international
fish market had witnessed
series of bombings and
killings in recent past,
however customers still
patronizes the market for
smoked bush meat and fish
coming all the way from Lake
Chad Basin.
Eye witnesses, Mallam
Abubakar Aji Ali said, the
explosion left dozens of
people including some
Muslims who were
performing their 3:30pm
prayers dead with others
seriously injured.
” Immediately after the blast, I
saw two trucks field with
corpses coming out from the
Baga main gate with scores
pooled in their blood” . A
nieboughring federal low cost
estate resident who did not
want his name mentioned
told our Correspondent on
phone.
Mallam Usman Ibrahim, one
of the fish sellers at the
market told our
Correspondent that many
dead and scattered bodies of
victims as well as the injured
were immediately rushed to
various hospitals as traders
and customers scampered for
safety as shops remained
closed.
Confirming the incident, the
Police Commissioner, Mr.
Opadokun in a text message
to our Correspondent reads
as follows; ” Yes, today,
Monday 22/06/2015 at about
1500 hours, there was a twin
IED explosion in Maiduguri.
” One at the centre of Baga
road fish market, while the
other at BIYOK still along
Baga road, about 1 kilometre
to the affected market. IEDs
were conveyed by two female
suicide bombers.
” 12 people died including the
bombers and many were
seriously injured. Scene
visited and victims were
conveyed to the hospital.
Investigation in progress
please”. CP Opadokun stated.
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