No fewer than 14 persons were killed and 24 others injured in Friday night’s suicide bomb attack in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State.
A female suicide bomber was said to have hit an Internally Displaced Persons camp in the area, leading to the death and injuries.
The head of the Rapid Response Team of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, Bello Dambatta, said a female suicide bomber on Friday night detonated an explosive device on her, caused the death of 14 persons and injuries to 24 others.
Dambatta said the suicide bomber penetrated a building housing returnees in Dikwa, east of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, detonating the explosive.
The BOSEMA boss added that the suicide bomber sneaked into the building close to the 20-unit housing estate around 8:30pm and detonated the explosives strapped on her.
He said: “We have so far evacuated 38 victims, comprising 14 dead and 24 injured and brought them to the State Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri.”
The Chairman of the council, Alhaji Rawa Modu, also confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri on Saturday.
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