Yola – The Adamawa Police Command has
confirmed 14 people dead and 12 others injured in
a bomb explosion which rocked Mubi town on
Sunday evening.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP
Usman Abubakar, confirmed the incident in Yola.
Meanwhile, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director,
Defence Information, said that two suspects had
been arrested inconnection with the blast.
He, however, said that one of them later died in the
hospital following an injury he sustained during the
attack.
A resident of the town, who simply identified
himself as Solomon, said that the explosion
occurred in Kabang area of the town in Mubi South
Local Government Area.
“The explosion occurred at about 6 p.m. in Kabang
area where there is concentration of beer palour
operators.
“Security personnel are taking affected people to
hospital. I can’t say whether there is death or not”,
Solomon said.
The three months, the military has imposed 7 p.m.
to 5 a.m. curfew on Mubi town following incessant
attacks by the insurgents. (NAN)
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