Bomb Blast Goes Off At Buhari Housing Estate

 Multiple bomb blasts have just occurred at Buhari Housing Estate in Damaturu, Yobe state.

The State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA) has confirmed 16 people dead.

According to reports, the explosions were heard in Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, in the early hours of this morning, October 7.


The first attack was reportedly carried out by three teenage boys at a mosque inside Buhari Estate.

An eyewitness said the suicide bomber came near the mosque, hugged one of the boys and blew up himself and others nearby.

The injured have been rushed to Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital for treatment.

Reportedly, Nigerian troops repelled an attack on the 120th Task Force Battalion, in Goniri, Yobe state, by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.

News24 reports that the troops clashed with the fleeing insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday.
The casualty figures on the side of Boko Haram were put at more than 100.