4 killed, 34 injured as Boko Haram infiltrates protest in Borno

Boko Haram terrorists, on Thursday, August 1, 2024, infiltrated protesters along Baga Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing four persons, while 34 others sustained various degrees of injuries.

The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawal, disclosed this while providing a situation report in Maiduguri on Thursday.

Lawal said the police swiftly deployed the Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD), Base 13, which probed the scene and rendered the area around a filling station safe.

He stated that the injured persons and corpses were evacuated to Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment and autopsy, respectively.

24-hour curfew imposed in Borno over explosion

Lawal, who spoke on police declaration of a 24-hour curfew, said many minors, mostly Almajiris, between the ages of 9-15, took over the Maiduguri-Kano Road and vandalised public property.

The police commissioner noted that despite police persuasion, the crowd turned riotous, forcefully breaking police barriers, pelting stones at officers, and advancing towards the city centre.

He added that the rioters later spilt over to other parts of Maiduguri Municipal, breaking into the Borno State Mechanical Workshop along Baga Road.

“They looted vocational skills acquisition equipment, and vandalised five official vehicles belonging to BOTMA,” Lawal disclosed.

He said 14 suspects had been arrested and were under investigation at the Criminal Investigation Department of the command.

The police boss said the situation in other Local Government Areas of Borno State remained calm, with monitoring and patrols ongoing.

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