Reports just reaching us indicate that two
explosions in Potiskum, Yobe State have
claimed the lives of 10 people, causing serious
injuries to eight.
It was gathered that vigilantes and security
agents were reportedly killed in the
explosion this afternoon.
According to Presstv.com, the separate blasts
took place on Monday. The attacker, who had
been arrested after being suspected of theft,
killed eight vigilantes after detonating his
explosives.
The other blast killed two more people
outside a bar.
However, speaking to This Day, an
eyewitness said that the suicide bomber
gained access to the office and detonated the
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) killing
eight people on the spot including himself.
The eyewitness (Isa) said: ”A young man came
to our office and we insisted that anybody that
we would allow to enter must be searched and
when he pretended to be opening the bag, he
detonated an explosive device.”
Isa added that the explosion killed one of the
commanders of the vigilante group in the
town.
He said: “When everyone was still shell-
shocked by the attack, another explosion
happened five minutes later at a drinking joint in
the same vicinity.”
According to him, three persons including
the bomber were killed in the explosion.
He said the bomber walked into the
drinking joint, pretending to want a drink
and detonated the explosive device strapped
on him.
Another eyewitness who spoke to the media
outfit said that at the General Hospital,
Potiskum, eleven corpses were deposited at
their morgue.
She also revealed that eight persons were
brought to the Accident and Emergency unit
of the hospital.
Confirming the report, police public
relations officer in Yobe, Mr Toyin
Gbadegeshin told the News Agency of Nigeria
in Potiskum that one of the bombers targeted
the vigilante office, killing seven persons,
while two others died in the second
explosion which occurred at Dorowa Ward in
the town.
“At about 12.25hrs, twin suicide bombers struck
at Dorowa at the vigilante office and near Lara
filling station, killing Ado Kwamanda and six of
his men.”
“Two people, including the bomber, died in the
second attack,” he said.
Bomb Blast in Potiskum, Yobe
Bomb Blast in Potiskum, Yobe
Bomb Blast in Potiskum, Yobe
This attack comes just one day after Boko
Haram militants attacked Babangida, the
headquarters of Tarmuwa Local Government
Area of Yobe state.
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