Police confirm 23 deaths, 108 injured in Maiduguri’s bomb blasts

The Borno State Police Command confirmed Tuesday that 23 persons were killed and 108 injured at Maiduguri, during multiple explosions on Monday evening.

The police said that suspected suicide bombers allegedly carried out the attacks at about 7:24 p.m..

The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Nahum Daso, who spoke in a statement said that preliminary investigations indicated that the explosions were carried out using improvised explosive devices, IEDs, by suspected suicide bombers.

Daso further said that the incidents were carried out at the Maiduguri Central Market, popularly known as Monday Market, the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital’s gate, and the Post Office Flyover area of the town.

According to him, a combined team of military personnel, Police Tactical Units, and other security operatives was swiftly deployed to the affected areas.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Naziru Abdulmajid, visited the scenes for an on-the-spot assessment and commiserated with victims and their families, even as Daso has however, assured residents of the command’s commitment to safeguarding lives and property.