A bag filled with IEDs discovered by youth vigilantes yesterday evening has ‘accidentally’ exploded, killing over 63 and leaving many injured.
According to Daily Post, the bag was found at a deserted camp of Boko Haram militants near Monguno village in Borno state.
“When they found the bag containing what later turned out to be improvised explosives, they brought it to Monguno town where people gathered to take a looks at it. As they were busy fiddling with the content of the bag, the bombs went off with a massive blast that killed about 63 persons and injured dozen others”, an eyewitness and operative of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Haruna Bukar, says.
“It was really a very sad incident that affected many families. Most of those affected are young men and a few number of females”.
An officer of the VGN in Maiduguri, Abbas Gava, had also confirmed the incident to journalists.
“Initially we thought it was a Boko Haram attack as it was being rumored in the town of Maiduguri”, he said.
“But when we later checked, we discovered that it was somehow an accidental explosion caused by the foolishness of the Civilian-JTF operatives who discovered such a dangerous device and refusing to call on the police of military that has the expertise to handle such things”.
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