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NEMA Confirms Yobe Multiple Blasts

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the multiple bomb attacks that occurred in Yobe State on Wednesday. The suicide bomb explosions, which claimed … Continue reading NEMA Confirms Yobe Multiple Blasts


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NEMA Confirms Yobe Multiple BlastsThe National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the multiple bomb attacks that occurred in Yobe State on Wednesday.

The suicide bomb explosions, which claimed 18 lives, took place in Damaturu, the Yobe State’s capital in Nigeria’s North-east region.

Speaking in an interview with Channel Television, the Zonal Coordinator of the Agency in Yobe State, Bashir Garga, affirmed that the incident occurred in the very early hours in three different locations and appeared coordinated.

Mr Garga also stressed that it seemed a family was targeted in an attack, as a Fulani settlement was also affected.

Meanwhile, the Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, condoled with the families of victims of the multiple blasts which was also confirmed by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Toyin Gbadegesin.

A statement issued by the Director of press to the State Governor, Abdullahi Bego, stated that Governor Gaidam had ordered immediate free medical care for those who sustained injuries in the dreaded attacks.

The statement condemned the attack, describing it as cowardly and barbaric, as well as urged residents in the state not to relent in their exemplary support and cooperation with security agents.