By Bode Olushegun
Terrorists, suspected to be members of the dread Boko Haram group, on Thursday, fired mortars in Maiduguri, the capital of troubled North Eastern Borno State.
Confirming the report, the Borno Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, said one person was killed and 16 others were injured in the attack.
He said the casualties were recorded in the attack, which caused three explosions on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Aliyu said the explosions occurred in Mairi, Custom and Gwange areas of the metropolis.
He added that the actual cause of the explosions had yet to be ascertained, but Police teams had been dispatched to the areas.
“We have dispatched our Explosive Ordinance Detection (EOD) to investigate the incidents and to determine whether it was an Improvised Explossive Device (IED).
“Right now, I am at the Specialist Hospital where we have 16 casualties and one dead so far,” Aliyu said
Our correspondent reported that the sound of the explosions were heard all over the town, sending many into panic.
Security personnel comprising the Army, Police, Rapid Response Squad, Civilian Joint Tast Force (CJTF), and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were seen moving to the scene to restore normalcy.
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