From 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. Jeremy Spell writes form Wukari
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