The Yobe State Police Command on Monday said eight
persons were killed in an explosion at a police checkpoint in Damaturu, the
capital of the troubled north-eastern state by suspected Boko Haram men.
According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe
State Police Command, Mr. Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the attack to journalists,
eight persons were killed on Monday in the Damaturu during a bomb incident
carried out by suspected members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram.”
He said three policemen and five suspected members of the
insurgent died during the explosion which occurred around 11am.
He also said two more security personnel are currently at
the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, receiving treatment.
Gbadegesin said two cars suspected to be carrying
explosive devices were apprehended and in the process of looking for enforcement
to convey the suspects to the state Police Command, the suspected terrorists
triggered the Improvised Explosive Devices which killed five people on the
spot, while three more died later in the hospital.
The PPRO said men of the Explosive Ordinance Department
of the state Police Command were deployed to diffuse more IEDs discovered but
have not yet exploded at the scene.
He called on the people of the state to be watchful as
the terrorists seemed to be on the rampage over the past few days.
He also called on the people of the state to always obey
security rules, insisting that the Eid-el-Fitr bombings in Damaturu three days
back would have been averted if the law abiding people of the state had
respected the restriction of vehicular movement in the troubled state capital.
Monday’s suicide bomb attack came three days after a twin
bomb blasts killed 15 people in the same town during Eid-el- Fitri celebration.
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