The police on Thursday imposed a 24-hour curfew throughout Borno State in response to the suicide assault within the Kawuri village, Konduga Native Authorities Space that killed 16 folks and injured 20 others.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, who disclosed this in a press release launched in Maiduguri, stated the choice was taken based mostly on the bomb assault that killed many harmless residents.
Nahum stated the choice was taken after consultations between Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, and heads of safety companies within the state, in an effort to forestall additional safety breaches.
“The curfew is a measure to forestall additional lack of life and property and to permit safety companies to keep up management and guarantee public security.
“Residents are suggested to remain indoors and keep away from any pointless actions in the course of the curfew interval,” he stated.
He urged the folks of the state to stay calm and law-abiding, assuring that additional developments can be communicated accordingly.
NAN experiences {that a} suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a market in Kauri, a rural group within the Konduga space of Borno.
The incident occurred round 9 pm on Wednesday, on the market space, which operates at night time day by day.
The Commissioner of Police in Borno State, Yusuf Lawan, stated response groups had been shortly dispatched to the scene to evacuate the injured victims for remedy whereas the corpses had been taken to the first healthcare centre.
He stated the police Explosive Ordnance Machine workforce was deployed to the scene to guard the world from additional bombs.
He added that normalcy was restored, and joint safety groups had been on cautious alerts.
The Wednesday incident comes about 4 weeks after 32 individuals had been killed in a number of suicide bombings that rocked the Gwoza Native Authorities Space of Borno early July.
It was the deadliest after a protracted interval peace within the North-East states.
The navy described it as an act of cowardice by Boko Haram terrorists, insisting that the insurgents had been considerably degraded.
“Clearly, the terrorists launched into these cowardly assaults in opposition to harmless residents to challenge a picture of power to cowl their weak spot and decline. Residents should see via the smokescreen of the terrorists. We should realise that the terrorist goals to counter the experiences of their weak spot and create panic within the common inhabitants,” the spokesman for the Defence Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, stated.