The Nigerian Police, Borno Command Monday, urged residents of the state to be vigilant in order to check the spate of suicide bombing coordinated by the insurgent group – Boko Haram.

Highlights:

• The Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu made the call while updating newsmen on the Sunday night suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri metropolis where he said that 18 persons were killed and 16 others wounded.
• “Two more persons among the injured died today; this brings the number of the death to 18 and 16 wounded. The injured persons were responding to treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH)”.
• Chukwu noted that normalcy had returned to the area, adding that the command had deployed personnel and intensified patrol in Maiduguri and other liberated communities.
• “On 22/10/2017 at about 20:20 hours, a male suicide bomber detonated IED strapped to his body at Muna Garage, killing himself and thirteen persons, while five others sustained injuries.
• “In another development at Muna Dalti, two female suicide bombers detonated IEDs killing themselves and injuring 13 others.
• “The Injured persons were referred to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) for treatment and the corpses were evacuated.
• “Police EOD teams have been deployed to sanitise the scene”.
• Chukwu, however, charged the media, traditional and religious leaders to sensitise the residents to the need to be vigilant to protect themselves against suicide bombings.
• “Although the military had decimated the Boko Haram group, the insurgents have not surrendered, they are still fighting. They are trying to establish their relevance through suicide bomb attack, it is, therefore, necessary for the people to be security conscious of their surroundings.”

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