Around 6am this morning, a bomb explosion hit a crowded motor park in Maiduguri, Borno state. The explosion is estimated to have killed dozens of people as it occurred at a busy location where tricycles drivers pick passengers.


Witnesses later said the explosion occurred near the entrance of Gamboru Market where operatives of commercial tricycles park to pick passengers. 


"We heard the blast at about 6:30am this morning and shortly afterwards, we saw people running from the direction of the market screaming that it was a bomb," said Maryam Abu, a civil servant whose residence is close to the area.