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.
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