Can the Nigerian army
control the situation in the north, barely hours after a suicide bomber killed
almost 20 people at a motor park in Potiskum, Yobe State, a bomb blast rocked
one of
the busiest motor parks at Kano Line, located at Naibawa Area, along
Zaria Road, residents and security officials said.
According to Premium Times,
the Kano state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has confirmed the death
of 12 persons, including two suicide bombers.
The bus, marked Kano XA 592
GBT, is said to have been ready to ship the passengers to Kano State before the
incident occurred.
A nursing officer at the
hospital where the dead and injured were taken said on the condition of
anonymity, that so far 15 bodies had been deposited at the morgue while 53
others are in critical condition.
The blast reportedly was
carried out by two male suicide bombers within the ages of 15 and 16.
The bomb exploded at about
15:15 with thick smokes immediately wafting towards the sky and locals fleeing
for safety.
The locality of the scene
of the explosion is now empty as security officials and aid workers try to
evacuate wounded people to the hospital.
The victims sustained
different levels of injuries “because of the busy nature of the garage”.
The authorities in the
state are yet to make any statement on the incident.
“The bomber disguised as a
traveller going to Kano. He even took his seat inside the car before detonating
his explosive-laden vest,” the aid worker said, preferring anonymity because
he is not permitted to talk on the matter.
Witnesses posted some
photos on Twitter:
No group has claimed
responsibility for both attacks, but it was carried out in a style of the
terror Boko Haram sect.
The city suffered heavy
casualties when bomb blasts hit the central mosque on November. More than 120
people were killed as the incident occurred when a lot of locals gathered for
Friday prayers.
Meantime, the incumbent
President Goodluck Jonathan vowed to take down the leader of Boko Haram sect
Abubakar Shekau.
Insurgency was one of the
reasons for Nigeria’s main electoral body to postpone general elections by six
weeks.
Not again
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