Suspected Boko Haram members have carried out multiple attacks on two internally displaced persons, IDP, camps in Maiduguri, Borno State, between Sunday and Monday. The number of fatalities is not yet ascertained but it is expected to be high.
Three explosions occurred around the camps on Sunday night with a fourth explosion taking place in the early hours of Monday.
The spokesperson of the Civilian-JTF, Bello Danbatta, informed PREMIUM TIMES that the attack started at about 10.15 p.m. on Sunday.
“We evacuated at least four corpses and 13 injured last night when the suicide bombers sneaked into Dalori camp,” he said. “The first attacker made it into the camp and blew himself up killing and injuring the IDPs. “The second one exploded when the attacker, a female, was attempting to climb the perimeter fence of the second IDP camp known as Dalori (2). The third one blew off outside the fence of Dalori (1).
“We just had the fourth one this (Monday) morning and we are heading there to evacuate the casualties”, he said. The two camps are about 2km from the University of Maiduguri which had suffered spate of attacks from Boko Haram.
These attacks are coming few days after the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, issued a 40-day ultimatum to the Theatre commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole, to fish out the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau. The ultimatum has about 37 days before it elapsed.
