Two explosions went off today outside a customs building in Maiduguri, A base of Boko
Haram.
“I was in a taxi going home when the first bomb exploded… (Within) just two minutes, another one ahead of us went off,” -
Resident Babagani Ari,
“We have deployed our field men to the scene of the blast, and I will have to wait for the briefing before I can say anything,” - Hassam Mohammed, (Spokesman for the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri).
The explosions went off near a station where locals board rickshaw taxis, located outside the customs building, witnesses said.
“The first bomb was planted at the foot of the
wall of the customs office when commuters were waiting for rickshaws,” - Halilu Adam.
“The second one went off some meters away…
The whole area has now been cordoned off by
soldiers and it is very difficult to have an idea
of casualties.”
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