The SEMA Director-General, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, confirmed the death toll during an impact assessment visit to the scene.
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Alhaji Babakura Abba-Jato, the state’s Commissioner for Information and member of the state High Powered Task Force on COVID-19, made this known on Thursday in Maiduguri while giving newsmen update on the pandemic in the state
The SEMA Chairperson in the state, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, denied the claim by Amnesty International in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri.
The Chairperson of the agency, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Friday.
Major General Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, made the disclosure while handing over 84 women and children rescued from the insurgents’ captivity, to the Borno State Emergency Management Agency in Maiduguri.
Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, the Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, told NAN that one suicide bomber detonated her Improvised Explosive Device at about 12am on Saturday in Alakaramtii area in Jere area of Maiduguri.
The Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu, confirmed the incident in a text message sent to newsmen in Maiduguri
SEMA’s Chairman, Alhaji Satomi Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri.
A doctor at the general hospital, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday that 17 people were brought in dead to the facility.
A female suicide bomber was said to have hit an Internally Displaced Persons camp in the area, leading to the death and injuries
The angry youths were reported to have attacked officials of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, who were on rescue mission at the scene of suicide bomb attack
A witness, Grema Bana, said the incident occurred at about 4:45pm in one of the pastoralist hamlets in the area
he Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Satomi Ahmed, who confirmed the attacks, said his officials have been mobilised to the scenes
The SEMA Chairman, Satomi Ahmad, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri.
Malam Abdullahi Umar, the Spokesman of the agency, said in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Wednesday that the figure was part of the 78,000 IDPs that fled the state to Cameroon during the period
No casualty was recorded except the two female suicide bombers, who were suspected to be agents of Boko Haram
The affected IDPs fled to Cameroon at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency in the state
PRNigeria gathered that the bombers were an adult and two teenagers
The influx of the returnees displaced by insurgency is as a result of an agreement signed by Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger for the safe and dignified return of the displaced persons
According to eye witnesses, the flame spread quickly because the tents were erected with dried stalk, which is a highly combustible material