UPDATE: Loud Explosions Cause Panic In Maiduguri, Army Says It’s Equipment Testing

Multiple explosions have reportedly rocked  the environs of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, in the morning of Sunday, October 4.

AFP reports with reference to the locals that the blasts were heard on the outskirts of the city. Residents alleged the loud sound came from Kayamla and Dalori areas.

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More details are yet to be provided on the incident. According to the initial reports, 10 people are feared killed.

UPDATE

Kursi Yusuf, an employee, narrated:

“We are not sure whether the terrorists are planning to invade the town but the sound vibrating is devastating.”

Khadija Mustapha, living in Dalori Quarters located 11 kilometres from Maiduguri, cried out:

“I don’t know what will happen. The sound of the explosives is really disturbing. Many of us… have vacated our homes.”

A military officer who pleaded for anonymity insisted the troops were on top of the situation.

UPDATE by the army

The spokesman for the 7th division of the Nigerian army, Tukur Gusau, told NAN that the loud sound that scared people was caused by routing testing of the military equipment.

“It is a routine test firing of our weapons to ensure that they are in a state of readiness.”

The development comes after bombing of Kuje and Nyanya sites in Abuja by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on October 2.

Maiduguri was attacked on the Independence Day, October 1, when the suicide bombers detonated their devices simultaneously near the house of a vigilante leader at a popular public gathering around a tea seller joint.

Abuja death toll has already reached 20, while in Maiduguri at least 14 people were said to have lost their lives.

Nigerians are devastated over the horror ongoing in the recent period:

MULTIPLE blast in Maiduguri, I guess the dark days are back

— Olamidapo (@da_jauntyman) October 4, 2015

Bomb blasts in Maiduguri again today? What’s the plan on eliminating BH. The NE has suffered tremendously — N. M. Nwachukwu★ (@PUREHAIRE) October 4, 2015

Bomb blast in Maiduguri again?? Heaven help us.

— ‘jibolayemi (@Chexfactor) October 4, 2015

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