Suicide bombers kill 33, injure 111 in Yola, Maiduguri attacks

ON a day that Boko Haram terrorists wreaked havoc in two separate bomb
attacks in Yola and Maiduguri killing over 33 persons and injuring 111
people, Hungary, yesterday pledged to assist Nigeria in tackling the
insurgency. A bomb blast rocked a juma’at mosque in Jambutu area of
Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital, yesterday, killing many
worshippers and injuring scores of others.
The juma’at mosque, newly built and being Commissioned yesterday is
located at the Hajj Transit Camp, where pilgrims are camped before
performing the holy pilgrimage. Eyewitness in the mosque told newsmen
that an under-aged, who was carrying the explosives rushed to enter the
mosque when the explosive went off.
The witness added that the incident occurred moments after the Imam had
commenced the two Rakat Juma’at prayers. The military immediately
cordoned off all access roads to the area, even as over six ambulances were
seen conveying the dead and the injured to hospitals.
According to the eyewitness, the death toll might run to over 40. The
executive Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Relief Agency, Haruna
Furo, confirmed the blast, but could not give the casualty figures. Adamawa
state police command through its spokesman, Othman Abubakar also
confirmed the blast.
Authorities of the Federal Medical Centre Yola have appealed for blood
donations to assist the injured numbering over 50 now receiving treatment
in the Hospital.
The public Affairs officer of the hospital, Mallam Muhammed Dodo who
spoke to Vanguard stated that the causality figure was on a higher side, but
could not give the exact number of the dead. This is the third bomb blast in
Yola the Adamawa state capital this year.
Also, Military sources disclosed yesterday that a suicide bomber blew
himself up inside a mosque during the morning Islamic ‘Subhi’ prayers in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital killing six persons while 17 others were
injured. Confirming the suicide attack, the National Emergency Management
Agency said its rescuers evacuated six dead bodies of the victims of the
early morning suicide bombing.
A senior health worker also confirmed that the six bodies have been
deposited in the mortuary while other injured victims are being treated in
specialist and teaching hospitals in Maiduguri. The mosque is located behind
Magistrate Court, Polo Area in Maiduguri. It was gathered that the explosion
was carried out by a suspected lone suicide bomber while his two
accomplices escaped, when some vigilant members of the community
accosted them over their suspicious movements.
Buhari seeks bilateral relations with Hungary on security, agriculture
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said that Nigeria
would partner with Hungary in the areas of insecurity and
agriculture. According to him, the partnership will further deepen the bilateral
cooperation between both countries which have similar security challenges.
The president spoke when he received the Vice Prime Minister of Hungary,
Mr. Zsolt Semjen, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. “Hungary faces some
immigration challenges today, just like other parts of Europe. We also have
our challenges in the North-Eastern part of Nigeria. “Hungary is able to fully
understand our problems, and we can work together,” he said.
Also speaking, Vice Prime Minister Semjen described terrorism as a global
challenge, and pledged his country’s support to the efforts of the Nigerian
Armed Forces to end the Boko Haram insurgency. “The extremism of Boko
Haram is not Islamic. It runs contrary to all human philosophies,” the Vice
Prime Minister said. He also promised that Hungary would deploy its
expertise in the area of agriculture to assist Nigeria.

Nawa ooo

Everyday killing...na wa o

Thre end is near

ancl wrote:

Thre end is near

neva

Government don't want to settle this problem.

Its a governor issues?

ancl wrote:

Its a governor issues?

they will wait not to fine solution untill it will affect them.

SUREMAJESTY wrote:

ancl wrote:

Its a governor issues?

they will wait not to fine solution untill it will affect them.

government really working on it just that boko haram hv already get grand b4 this government come inn

Thank God