BREAKING: Explosions rock “opposite CBN quaters” in Maiduguri
Bomb blasts rocked Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Friday morning.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the attacks believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram suicide bombers.
@nemanigeria has just received a report of explosions in Maiduguri, rescue team on their way to the scene…details in a moment.
— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) March 3, 2017
Reports say the attackers only succeeded in killing themselves after detonating their suicide vests near a filling station opposite CBN quarters.
Two female suicide bombers attacked Maiduguri at about 3am today. They attacked near a filling station but only the bombers were killed
— John Christian Alex (@jchristianalex) March 3, 2017
Multiple bomb explosion at opposite CBN quarters,Maiduguri…
— Abdulaziz Mala (@yerwafato) March 3, 2017
The bombing came two days after Acting President Yemi Osinbajo said Boko Haram was effectively degraded and so couldn’t carry out daunting attacks.
“But we are still very careful,” Osinbajo had said.
