BREAKING NEWS:

 Many people feared dead as bombs explode at Maiduguri Bus Station 

A bomb explosion has rocked

a crowded motor park in

Maiduguri, the Borno state

capital, residents and

security operatives have told

PREMIUM TIMES.

The incident occurred at a

busy location where tricycles

pick passengers, and may

have killed dozens and

injured even many more.

The thunderous blast, which

sounded at about 6:30am,

resonated all over Maiduguri,

residents say.

Witnesses later said the

explosion occurred near the

entrance of Gamboru Market

where operatives of

commercial tricycles park to

pick passengers.

“We heard the blast at about

6:30am this morning and

shortly afterwards, we saw

people running from the

direction of the market

screaming that it was a

bomb,’ said Maryam Abu, a

civil servant whose residence

is close to the area.

No one has so far claimed

responsibility for the

bombing. But security

operatives believe it has the

imprint of the extremist Boko

Haram sect.