As Nigerian President Buhari visits American President Trump on talks about the state of the nation, Adamawa faces loss as dozens of people were killed on Tuesday when two young boys speculated to be around 18/19 carried out a twin attack with bombs strapped to them at Mubi Town market square during prayers at the Madina Mosque.
A boy of about 18-19 years wearing a suicide vest was said to have entered the mosque along with other worshippers. Immediately after the prayers, he detonated the bomb. – Garba Habu, a local resident shared with Vanguard.
The attacks have bearings of Boko-Haram, the religious terrorist group that’s been causing havoc in the nation’s Northern axis, and recently kidnapped and returned girls after entering a negotiation with the Nigerian Government.
While people were evacuating the victims of the first blast, another explosion occurred. As I am talking to you now, 24 persons are confirmed dead. The scene has been cordoned-off by the Anti-bomb squad and other security personnel, Another victim shared with Sahara Reporters.
Nigeria has not been able to control the slaughter being done by the terrorist group who’s had close to free reign for the last 5-6 years, in a country suffering from many economic and democratic downfalls adding the religious epidemic has been a handful for an unstable and incapable government.
Gombi was recaptured from Boko Haram in 2014 and since then, the insurgents have made several failed attempts to retake the town from the Nigerian military.
