One dies, 11 injured in Borno explosion

One person has been confirmed dead while 11 others sustained various degrees of injuries in another Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusuf Lawal, confirmed the incident on Friday, August 2, 2024.

Lawal disclosed that the explosion occurred during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest at Deribe Junction near Federal Government Girls’ College in Maiduguri on Friday.

Lawal said the injured victims were taken to the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment while the corpse was given out for autopsy.

He noted that the police swiftly deployed the personnel of the Explosive Ordnance Device (EOD), Base 13, who, he said, probed the scene and rendered the area around a filling station safe.

“In a separate incident, a case of culpable homicide was reported in Biu Local Government Area,” Lawal added.

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The police commissioner revealed that one Muhammad Wakshama reported that his son-in-law, Ibrahim Bulama, had a misunderstanding with his wife, Maryam Ibrahim, and hit her with a stick on the head, resulting in serious injury.

He said the victim was taken to the General Hospital in Biu for treatment but was confirmed dead on Thursday, August 1.

He added that the suspect behind the explosion in Borno State was arrested, saying an exhibit was recovered while an investigation was ongoing.

Lawal said the incidents brought the total number of deaths in Borno State to 17 in the past 48 hours, with many others injured.

“The Borno command assures the citizens that investigations are ongoing and that normalcy has been restored,” the police commissioner stated.

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