Yola – Twin bomb blasts hit Mubi,
the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa state. Reports from Mubi indicated that
the blasts hit the popular second hand clothes and the foreign exchange lines
and mosque.
Scores were confirmed killed while
property worth millions of naira were destroyed.
Nema Co ordinator in Adamawa,
Abani Garki has confimed the blast. Also confirming the incident, the chairman
of Mubi North Local Government, Alhaji Musa Bello, said the blasts occurred
around 1 30 pm.
“All I can tell you for now is that I am on my way to the scene
to help in evacuation of casualties.
Nobody can tell you the number of dead and
injured for now,” he said. The Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency
Agency, Mr Haruna Furo also confirmed the blast but said there was no details
for now.
A resident of Mubi, who simply identified as Buba, said the two
explosions occurred in a mosque and a second hand clothes market.
“The blasts
occurred at the Gwonjo market and a mosque about 20 meters away,” Buba said. A
blast at a mosque in the town in November 2017 killed about 50 people.
(NAN)
Details later.
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