Premium Times is reporting that no fewer than nine people were killed on Tuesday, November 1 morning after a bomb exploded inside a pickup van in Borno state.
The exploded pickup truck on fire on Tuesday
According to the report, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were being conveyed in the pickup van when it exploded and killed all passengers on board.
The burning pickup truck after it exploded
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The pickup van reportedly emerged from the bush path along Maiduguri-Gubio town carrying the nine passengers but it exploded just after getting to the tarred road heading towards Gubio, a town 80 km away from Maiduguri, Borno state capital.
The police has confirmed the incident with its spokesperson Victor Isuku, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, saying: "There was an explosion today along Gubio road just before the military check point," he said.
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"According to preliminary report, a pick up van with nine persons onboard, emerged from a bush path to join the road to Gubio town, when it exploded killing all the persons onboard."
Bodies strewn over the road following the explosion
Premium Times notes that Tuesday's blast is the fifth in a series of recent bomb attacks within and around Maiduguri in the last three weeks. The explosions are believed to be carried out by Boko Haram insurgents.
More bodies at the scene of the accident.
Meanwhile, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has lashed out at former President Goodluck Jonathan[3] over the handling of insurgency during his tenure.
Osinbajo said Jonathan was never committed to ending the Boko Haram insurgency, thus the spread of the terrorist and kidnapping of several persons in the North-East.
References
- ^ FG moves to stop Boko Haram from using chemical and biological weapons (www.naij.com)
- ^ 240 Boko Haram terrorists surrender to MNJTF (www.naij.com)
- ^ lashed out at former President Goodluck Jonathan (www.naij.com)
