Heavy explosions, at the Eid-Sallah ground, along University road and
Gwange area of Damaturu, the Yobe state capital have left several
people dead and several others injured.
This
is coming less than 24 hours after the Chief of Army Staff, Major
General T.Y. Buratai announced that, he would be celebrating his
Eid-el-fitr Sallah in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
According to them, the explosion which occurred preparatory to
Muslims going for the Eid-Prayer, has forced many residents to remain at
home and pray in their closet.
It was gathered that, many
other people who were already out to go to the prayer ground and those
who were making late preparations for their household were hit by
vehicles in the cause of the commotion generated by the explosion.
Aural
Ibrahim, a resident of Damaturu told our correspondent that one of the
security vehicles, during the incident hit four people, who died at the
spot and their bodies were evacuated to the hospital.
“At about
7:00 am, I left home to go and pick my sister at Jerusalem area when
suddenly I heard a heavy sound of explosion and another followed. Then I
saw people running. Before I could go back home, another explosion went
off again. There were three explosions. When I called my brother later
to find out, he told me that one occurred at the Eid- Sallah ground but
there are few people at the Sallah ground. The other was at Gwange area
and along the University road.” She said.
Another resident, Kabiru Mohammed said, he saw ambulance and security
vehicles conveying some injured persons to the hospital. According to
him, many people were said to have been injured in the explosion but he
did not know about death.
Security authorities in Damaturu are yet to make official statement on the incident.
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