Barely hours after President Goodluck Jonathan
left the Borno State capital; multiple explosions
were reported to have hit the city of Maiduguri.
Witnesses say they heard loud blasts, in Jajeri
ward of Budum town, the heart of the insurgency
shortly after President Goodluck Jonathan ended
his trip there to try to galvanize support for his
battle against terror.
Our correspondent in Borno Jonathan Gopep
reports that the explosions, seven in all occurred
within minutes of each other.
No casualties were reported in the incident.
It will be recalled that President Jonathan visited
Maiduguri, the borno State capital to salute the
courage of men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in
tackling the Boko Haram sect, could not hold his
enthusiasm as to the level patriotism
demonstrated by the JTF, by way of leaving their
various families to come and stay under the
scorching sun of Borno State in a bid to rid the
state of insecurity.
He commended the officers for their patriotism
since the violence began, while insisting that the
JTF will not be pulled out of the state unless
peace returns and called on the elders who asked
for their withdrawal to sign a pact with him which
will guaranty security of lives and property.
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