Sunday 2 March 2014

Explosions rock football viewing centre in Maiduguri killing many people

Twin explosions rocked a football viewing centre in Ajilari ward, Jere
Council area of Maiduguri, in Borno State today March 1st killing
several football fans, Vanguard reports.
The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), said to have been
planted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at the viewing
centre at Ajilari Railway Cross, exploded at about 6pm, killing
many fans, while several others sustained injuries.
A residents of Ajilari told a Vanguard correspondent that, “Some
suspected terrorists in two Toyota Hilux Pick Up vans, pretending
to be  firewood suppliers, detonated the bombs near the football
viewing centre, resulting in loss of several lives.

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