SAN FRANCISCO, June 09, (THEWILL) – There was a great panic Monday morning in Dikwa town in Borno State as an explosion caused by solar batteries sent residents of the town scampering for safety as they mistook it for another Boko Haram bombing.
Some expired batteries of the solar street lights in the town had exploded about 11am with a loud bang which the people mistook for a bomb attack.
THEWILL can report that the situation was further compounded as the security operatives deployed to the area, also fired sporadic gunshots into the air to scare off the terrorists who were believed to have detonated the explosion.
The situation resulted to mass exodus of people, including women and children from the town thinking Boko Haram gunmen had struck again.
“The terrorists have attacked the military station in Dikwa with guns and explosives and the fight is ongoing. Most of our people have fled for now and only God knows how the fight will end,” one of the residents Malam Bakura Goni, told THEWILL.
But a senior security operative, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there was no attack but an explosion caused by faulty solar batteries for street lights.
There was no attack in Dikwa by the insurgents, rather the people were actually scared when they heard a scaring bang which was caused by a some solar light batteries kept in a store.
Immediately after the ‘blast’, troops in Dikwa fired friendly shots into the air and the residents mistook the development and fled. Many people took to the bushes because they thought our men were engaging the terrorists. I want to assure you that normalcy has returned,” the operative said as he assured that all is well.
