The Borno State Police
Command confirmed this to Channels Television, adding that four others were
also injured.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Edet Okon, in a
statement said a male suicide bomber had detonated an Improvised explosive
device (IED), strapped to his body in a shop along Baga Road in Maiduguri
Metropolis, also killing himself in the process.
According to Okon, those injured included two soldiers and
two civilian JTF members.
The police, however, said men of the Explosive Ordnance
Disposal (EOD) unit, were immediately deployed to sanitize the scene and render
the area safe.
Also according to the police, the wounded were rushed to the
hospital where they are reportedly responding to treatment.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu has,
therefore, urged members of the public to be vigilant and to promptly report
suspicious persons to the security agencies.
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