BOKO HARAM AGAIN!!! 14 dead, scores injured as female bombers strike in Kano

Fourteen persons died yesterday when two female
suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Kano
GSM Village.
Over 100 others were injured in the blasts,
according to the National Emergency management
Agency (NEMA).
The Nigeria Red Cross, NEMA, Kano State
Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and other
stakeholders were on hand to evacuate the injured
to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nassarawa
Hospital and Murtala Muhammad Hospital.
Those with minor injuries were treated and
discharged immediately, NEMA spokesman Sani
Datti, said yesterday.
President Muhammadu Buhari called for increased
vigilance among Nigerians to reduce suicide terror
attacks on soft targets.
He condemned Tuesday’s suicide bombs in Yola,
the Adamawa State capital, and yesterday’s
explosions in Kano.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on
Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the
President commiserated with the families of the
victims as well as the governments and people of
Adamawa and Kano states.
He reassured Nigerians that his administration was
determined to wipe out Boko Haram and bring
perpetrators of the heinous crime to justice.
President Buhari also urged Nigerians not to despair
because of what he called the cowardly terrorist
attacks, but to have confidence in the ability of the
nation’s reinvigorated, well-equipped and well-
motivated Armed Forces and security agencies to
overcome Boko Haram soon.
But he noted that vigilance was necessary to save
lives since security agents could not be everywhere
to deter every planned attack.
Citizen’s vigilance, the President said, would help to
reduce the frequency of such attacks.
Kano State Police Commissioner Muhammad Musa
Katsina told reporters that eight other persons were
injured in the explosion, which occurred at 4.30pm.
The police chief said the injured were taken to
hospitals for treatment while the scene was
cordoned off with tight security .
He said a Sharon Space Wagon vehicle arrived at
the market with six passengers, including the two
female bombers.
Katsina said the suicide bombers entered the GSM
market through different gates and detonated the
bombs on them.
The police chief urged the residents to be vigilant
and report suspected characters to security
agencies.
It was learnt that one of the suicide bombers blew
herself up on the road while the other managed to
enter the main market, where she blew up herself.
The Chairman of the GSM Village traders, Alhaji
Umar Dan-Fulani, said about 20 people died in the
blasts.
He said: “We were in the market and, all of a
sudden, we heard two deafening sounds. People
started running helter-skelter. I counted about 20
bodies; several other people were injured.”