A nine-year-old boy was on Monday killed and his teenage brother injured by an explosive device they had taken to an IDP camp in Maiduguri
A nine-year-old boy was on Monday killed and his teenage brother injured by an explosive device they had taken to anThe kids had taken the device from Bama on the instruction of their father who is a suspected member of Boko Haram.Bama, the second largest town in Borno, is 72 km from Maiduguri. It is one of the local government areas in the state worst affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.
With the recent opening of roads connecting other Borno communities with Maiduguri, residents can now easily travel to visit their relatives outside the state capital. Mr Danbatta said the boy sneaked into the room to search the parcel where he found concealed in it a cold piece of metal that looked like a toy.
“But she confirmed that she received a message from her husband from Bama even as she denied knowledge of the content of the parcel,” said the Civilian-JTF official. “He is denying knowledge of the whole incident, but we have arrested him and he is currently under investigation,” he said.
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