BEVERLY HILLS, September 22, (THEWILL) – A fresh terror attack has been unleashed on Monguno, the birthplace of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, in Borno State.
Coming the same day multiple explosions rocked Maiduguri, the state capital, killing no fewer than 54, about 27 persons were killed and 62 others injured when terrorists launched a suicide attack on Monguno, about 135 kilometres from Maiduguri.
Disclosing this Tuesday was a member of the youth vigilante group, Abba Mohammed, who said a suicide bomber attacked the onion section of a local market at Monguno , Sunday evening, leading to the death of no fewer than 27 persons.
Confirming the incident, a medical staff at the State Specialists Hospital, Maiduguri who craved anonymity, said: “Five vehicles conveyed 62 injured persons from the Monguno attack to the Specialists Hospital in Maiduguri (on Monday afternoon) but we quickly asked them to go to the University Teaching Hospital because our facilities are over-stretched.”
The confirmation came as another resident of Monguno, Modu Ibrahim, who accompanied some of the injured persons to Maiduguri said 27 persons were killed in the attack.
“I was at the onion market after the bomb explosion to help in the rescue of people. I counted 27 dead bodies from the scene,” he said.
According to him, “We lost 27 people in the bomb blast. Our people have started burying the dead ones. But one of the injured ones we brought to Maiduguri today also died.”
Borno State Police Commissioner, Aderemi Opadokun, who also confirmed the bombing, said: “Yes, at about 1330 hrs of 21/9/15, caretaker Chairman of Monguno local government reported an IED Explosion at Monguno Onion Market at about 2130 hrs of 20/9/15 .
“Some people died on the spot while others sustained various degree of injuries. Injured victims were transferred to UMTH Maiduguri, while the dead were buried by their relations. The scene has been visited. Investigation is presently in progress.”
