The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed 10 Worshippers dead while several others sustained injuries in Gamboru mosque attack
A male suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Gamboru Ngala, a border town of Borno State killing his father and others
The zonal coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Bashir Garga, who confirmed the attack to newsmen in Maiduguri, said that several other injured persons had been evacuated to the various medical centres in the town.
Garga said, “Officials of NEMA and the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) with the help of the military and police in the town were able to clean up the place and provide assistance to victims of the attack.
“I can confirm to you that there was an attack in Gamboru Ngala where 10 people were killed. The attack was carried out by a male suicide bomber.
“Officials of NEMA, SEMA, and other agencies including the military and police assisted in evacuating the wounded people to different medical formations in the town.
“I also want to inform you that another suicide bomber detonated and killed himself on Tuesday behind the Dalori IDPs camp here in Maiduguri.”
Bashir Garga urged Nigerians to be security conscious of strangers.
“I want to call on the general public to be very alert and conscious as ever with strangers who come closer to them. My team is working on some safety tips that we are going to distribute to the general public on the new trends of suicide bombings in the state,” Garga added.
The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, had earlier confirmed that five persons were killed in the attack.
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