Boko Haram carried out its deadliest attacks on the key
northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri since President
Muhammadu Buhari came to power, killing scores in a series
of coordinated bomb blasts.
Police in the Borno state capital said at least 54 people died
in Sunday’s co-ordinated strikes, with 90 injured, but
residents caught up in the explosions said as many as 85
lost their lives.
The attacks on Sunday night in the Ajilari Cross area and
nearby Gomari, near the city’s airport, killed and maimed
worshippers at a mosque, bystanders and football fans
watching a televised match.
The army and rescuers said the explosions were caused by
homemade devices but one local and the police said a
female suicide bomber also blew herself up.
Victims of the multiple blasts blamed on Boko Haram, lie on
mattresses at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, on
September 21, 2015. Boko Haram carried out its deadliest
attacks on the key northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri since
President Muhammadu Buhari came to power, killing scores
in a series of coordinated bomb blasts. Locals in Maiduguri
said at least 85 people were killed in a series of bombings
blamed on Boko Haram, disputing a lower figure of 54 given
by police. AFP PHOTO
Maiduguri, where Boko Haram was founded in 2002, has
been the epicentre of the six-year-old insurgency and
repeatedly attacked since Buhari assumed office.
Some 26 people were killed in a suicide attack on a
Maiduguri mosque on May 30, while another attack on a
cattle market three days later killed 13. The day after that
strike, 18 were killed in a bomb blast.
Since his inauguration on May 29, at least 1,100 people have
been killed, with the majority of attacks in Borno, according
to AFP reporting.
– Co-ordinated strikes –
Nigeria’s authorities have frequently downplayed the death
toll from attacks in the insurgency, which has claimed at
least 17,000 lives and forced more than two million from
their homes since 2009.
“I can assure you that no fewer than 85 people died,” said
resident Sabo Ahmed. “The figure given by the police is just
the number of people taken to hospital.
“Many more died and were just taken away by their loved
ones.”
Ahmed said 15 more bodies had been pulled from the rubble
of the football match “viewing centre” and that four were his
brothers aged between 19 to 24.
Alhaji Jidda, a resident of the Binta Sugar neighbourhood,
said more than 35 people were killed at the mosque, which
is thought to have been hit by a female suicide bomber.
“Apart from the imam and a few people, all the rest died
instantly at the mosque because of the impact of the blast,”
he said.
“From the figures we gathered, more than 85 people died (in
total),” he said.
A security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
confirmed: “Yes, the dead should be higher than what was
given to you but that (54) is the official figure,” he said.
– Desperation –
Army spokesman Sani Usman said on Sunday the blasts,
which locals believed could have been aimed to distract
security forces to enable an attack on the city, “signify (a)
high level of desperation on the part of the Boko Haram
terrorists”.
His boss, Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai, described the
attacks as “unfortunate” but said it indicated the group’s
methods.
“It’s not a setback because it is giving us a lead to how we
can progress toward our success,” he told reporters in Abuja
on Monday.
A victim of the multiple blasts blamed on Boko Haram, lies
on a mattress at the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri,
on September 21, 2015. Boko Haram carried out its deadliest
attacks on the key northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri since
President Muhammadu Buhari came to power, killing scores
in a series of coordinated bomb blasts. Locals in Maiduguri
said at least 85 people were killed in a series of bombings
blamed on Boko Haram, disputing a lower figure of 54 given
by police. AFP PHOTO
The military has claimed the rebels were in disarray, having
apparently lost territory and seen their camps destroyed in
recent months.
But Boko Haram’s shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau denied
the group was a spent force, describing the military claims
as “lies” in an audio recording published via social media on
Saturday.
Apart from suicide and bomb attacks on markets, bus
stations and mosques, the insurgents have also carried out
deadly cross-border raids in neighbouring Chad, Cameroon
and Niger.
All three countries have been assisting Nigeria in the
counter-insurgency since the turn of the year, in recognition
of the group’s threat to regional security.
A new 8,700-strong regional force comprising all four
countries plus Benin is set to deploy against the jihadists
www.vanguardngr.com/2015/09/85-dead-in-boko-harams-deadliest-attacks-since-buhari-took-over/

Too bad

K

Buhari's body odour needs perfume.

Chosen1984:
K

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My brother abeg oo

SeverusSnape:

Chosen member booking space.

N sm1 said d oda day dat Nigerians shuld forgive dis psychotic bastards called boko harams God 4bid

They'll roast n die in hottest pit of hell

While Buhari, APC and Nigerian Military all contradict themselves on Boko Haram battle

MISSNORA:
Too bad

Has anyone told you that you are exceptionally beautiful today?

We shall see

chudidonas:


Has anyone told you that you are exceptionally beautiful today?

85 have just been declared dead, and you are here chyking......

zubizareta:


85 have just been declared dead, and you are here chyking......

Lmao.. I was carried away. Pele

chudidonas:

Has anyone told you that you are exceptionally beautiful today?

lol

MISSNORA:
lol

You're welcome!