Less than 24 hours after the bomb attacks in Maiduguri, two female bombers have attack a community in Adamawa State
No less than 30 people have been killed when two female suicide bombers attacked a busy motor park in Madagali town of Adamawa State, Vanguard reports.
A witness, Danladi Buba, said the two female suicide bombers detonated bombs at a mini market near a motor park around 9am, killing many people, reports Premium Times.
“About 30 people were killed with 16 others injured,” Mr. Buba said.
When contacted, the Brigade Commander of 28 Task Force Brigade, Mubi, Victor Ezugwu, confirmed the incident, saying the casualty figure was yet to be established.
“Two female suicide bombers struck at a garage in Madagali and detonated their devices, and we lost some beloved country men,” Mr. Ezugwu, a brigadier-general, said.
He said the injured had been taken to hospital while the military had cordoned off the area.
The brigade commander said the situation had been brought under control.
Madagali sits close to the border of Boko Haram stronghold Borno state and has been repeatedly attacked by the jihadists in their quest to establish an independent Islamic State in Africa’s most populous nation.