Police de-mobilize bombs near Maiduguri market

Police Anti Bomb Squad this morning de-mobilized improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted near the Gamboru market.Sources said two IEDs were planted near the market and a Juma’at mosque, apparently meant to kill innocent people.The Boko Haram insurgents were immediately suspected for the act.On Fridays, the market attracts many people.Witnesses said nobody was killed but shops […]

Police Anti Bomb Squad this morning de-mobilized improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted near the Gamboru market.
Sources said two IEDs were planted near the market and a Juma’at mosque, apparently meant to kill innocent people.
The Boko Haram insurgents were immediately suspected for the act.
On Fridays, the market attracts many people.
Witnesses said nobody was killed but shops and stalls near the market have been destroyed even as the explosives have left in their wake, large craters near the scene.
It was gathered that tragedy was averted when the attention of youth vigilantes, also known as civilian JTF was drawn to the scene.
“The civilian JTF immediately called the Anti Bomb Squad and the army. They cordoned off the area and swung into action,” Said Marafa Abdul, a trader near the scene.
“They detonated the first blast but the impact suddenly ignited a second one which nobody knew was there. We are happy nobody was affected,” he said.
In terms of size and patronage, the Gamboru market, situated around the Customs area is next to the Monday Market where at least 24 people were killed and nearly 60 injured on Monday.
Thunderous sound was heard across the state capital around 9.30am, a development that heightened fear among the already traumatized residents and thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) who are taking refuge in various camps.