BREAKING: Bomb Explosion Kills 9 In Borno, Many Injured........ .......

At least nine persons were killed on Tuesday morning when improvised explosive devices conveyed in a pickup van exploded, killing all passengers on board.



The pickup van was said to have emerged from the bush path along Maiduguri-Gubio town carrying the nine passengers.

It exploded shortly after climbing the tarred road heading towards Gubio, a town 80 km away from Maiduguri.

Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.

“There was an explosion today along Gubio road just before the military check point,” he said.

“According to preliminary report, a pick up van with nine persons onboard, emerged from a bush path to join the road to Gubio town, when it exploded killing all the persons onboard.”

Tuesday’s blast is the fifth in a series of recent bomb attacks within and around Maiduguri in the last three weeks.