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.
