An unconfirmed number of people have been killed in a latest bomb blast at Muna garage in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital today, Wednesday.Members of the civilian JTF said evacuation is currently ongoing.
According to a JTF member,“The suspected Boko Haram members were three in number and died in the suicide attack. For quite sometime now, the terrorists have been making frantic effort to attack Maiduguri, but we were always stopping them.“Just about five days ago another was killed who came through Jiddari polo side, coming from Alidawari village and now the attack today at Muna,” Kabiru Shuibu said.
According to him, Soldiers and Police bomb squad have been detailed to the siteof the blast.
However, a text have been sent to Major Ibrahim Mustapha of the 7 division Nigerian Army for confirmation but there was no reply as at this time of filing this report.But hospital sources in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital told Daily Post that 18 people were killed in the attack while 26 others were injured.
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