A suicide bomber, suspected to be a member of the terrorist Islamic
sect, Boko Haram, early on Tuesday detonated an Impoverished Explosive
Device at the popular Maiduguri Monday Market, killing no fewer than 17
persons.
Sixty-nine persons were reportedly injured in the attack.
Also in Ile-Ife, Osun State, a low-calibre bomb went off in the Onipetu area of the town around 4.00am but nobody was killed.
The Osun State police said they deactivated another bomb before it detonated.
“They were grenades of low calibre. The first one exploded and the other
was defused. It happened in an isolated place, so it did not kill nor
injure anybody. We have visited the scene and we are investigating the
matter,” Commissioner of Police in Osun State, Mr. Ibrahim Maishanu,
told newsmen.