• Military imposes four days ban on vehicles movement in Borno
AUTHORITIES of General Hospital, Geidam, Yobe State Tuesday confirmed that the bodies of the Head of Council’s Works Department, Mohammed Abacha and the Imam of Zamfara mosque were among those brought to the morgue.
An attendant at the Accident and Emergency Unit (AEU) of the hospital disclosed that some of the bodies could not be identified because of high degree burns and mutilation.
“I can’t exactly give you the number of bodies in our morgue, but security men brought in many bodies in two Hilux patrol vehicles on Monday morning,” said the attendant yesterday.
Bukar Musa, a Geidam resident also told The Guardian that the insurgents freed also 17 prison inmates before torching the prison building located near the emir’s place.
Speaking on the jailbreak, the state Police Commissioner, Markus Danladi said: “The soldiers stationed near the emir’s palace where the prison is located were overpowered by the gunmen.”
And in Bauchi State, more dead bodies have been discovered this morning from the scene of the bomb explosion that rocked Bauchi Central Market Monday, where over 70 shops were destroyed, including a new generation bank located inside the market.
Speaking to The Guardian in his office yesterday, the Chairman, Traders and Artisans Association, Central Market Bauchi, Alhaji Adamu Musa Noma, said that the suspects were two men and one female wearing mobile police uniform.
He said their female counterpart was wearing plain clothes and pretended to be a normal customer.
“They even bought bags and clothes in the market. But when the market was about to close for the day one of them made a phone call and just after the call the bomb exploded.”
Noma explained that when the bomb exploded there was confusion because the second gate of the market was already closed and many people were trapped inside.
Likewise, Secretary of the Red Cross in Gombe State, Alhaji Abubakar Yakubu, who was at the scene of the blast that happened in the state told reporters that he personally carried 20 dead bodies and 18 injured persons after the blast.
Another witness stated that a lady accompanied to the park by an unidentified male left her handbag in the vehicle and went out to escort the man. As she was being expected to return to the vehicle, the explosion occurred.
Meanwhile, the 7 Division of Nigerian Army in consultation with Borno State government and other security agencies have banned all forms of vehicular movement in the state from 6.pm, Wednesday, December 24, 2014 to 7.am Sunday, December 28, 2014.
The ban was necessitated by security reports indicating; “concerted efforts by Boko Haram terrorists to unleash mayhem on some parts of Borno State, particularly Maiduguri metropolis during the Christmas celebration.”
This was contained in a statement by the Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, made available to newsmen yesterday.
Usman in the statement however said that, “This directive excludes those on essential services such as medical staff, fire services and the media, duly authorized by their establishments. The measure becomes necessary in order to further safeguard lives and property of law-abiding citizens in the state.”
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