Seven people have been confirmed dead, while about ten others were injured, in the explosion which rocked Damaturu, the Yobe state capital on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck.
The explosion occurred when a suicide bomber driving a bomb-rigged vehicle was intercepted at a check point by officers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the state.
Instead of subjecting his vehicle to a compulsory search by the patrol team, the bomber drove off and this led to a chase by the JTF officers.
The suicide bomber detonated the bomb when the team caught up with him.
The state’s Police Commissioner, Patrick Egbuniwe confirmed the incident to Channels Television stating that “the lone suicide bomber detonated the bomb before the car he was in could be stopped, killing the six soldiers and one civilian.”
“Another civilian died of his wounds in hospital shortly after” he added.
Yobe state has recorded a number of insurgent attacks in the last one year with such attacks launched at Churches, schools and security operatives.
The attack took a new twist last Friday when the Emir of Fika, Mohammed Abali Ibn Idrissa narrowly escaped death when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the mosque where he was observing the Jumat prayers in Potiskum, Yobe state.
In a separate incident, police said suspected sect members shot dead a former Commissioner of Environment in Borno state, in the early hours of Saturday.
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