A bomb blast ripped through the popular Maidugiri abattoir market also known as Gamboru Cattle Market in Borno State today, eye witnesses say.
The incident which happened around 12.35 pm, according to Omojuwa.com may have killed over 50 people as the bomb was reportedly planted in a toilet facility within the abattoir.
Though details are still sketchy, a Daily Post reporter in Maiduguri confirms that many were killed in the blast.
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The market which is the biggest animal slaughter house in Maiduguri is where camels, cows, sheep and goats are prepared before distribution to various parts of the troubled city.
The facility is where the butchers in the abattoir take their bath after each day’s work which usually lasts between 6.30am and 12 noon.
“The bomb was kept in a bag near the rest house and the owner pretended as if he wanted to ease himself”.
“Many people were killed when the bomb exploded and many others sustained serious injuries”, one of the butchers, Tanko Mahauchi said.
Men of the Nigerian Fire Service men, Red Cross and NEMA are currently on ground at the scene to contain the effects of the disaster.
Quoting Reuters, CNN also reported the attack as a breaking news in one of its news bulletin about thirty minutes ago.
“It shook our school building and I had to run away. I saw military vehicles with soldiers moving toward the area,” Abubakar Mohammed, a college student few meters away from the blast scene told Reuters.
Maidugiri has come under intense attacks by terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the last few days despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive that the top Command and Control Centre of the military should move to Maidugiri.
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Earlier today, members of the deadly group made an attempt to over run the city through a river bank, but were unsuccessful in their attempt to advance further because of traps set by the Nigerian military.
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