Bomb Blast: 14 dead, scores injured as female bombers strike in Kano

•Buhari vows to wipe out Boko Haram

Fourteen persons died yesterday when two female suicide bombers detonated explosives at the Kano GSM Village.

Over 100 others were injured in the blasts, according to the National Emergency management Agency (NEMA).

The Nigeria Red Cross, NEMA, Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and other stakeholders were on hand to evacuate the injured to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nassarawa Hospital and Murtala Muhammad Hospital.

Those with minor injuries were treated and discharged immediately, NEMA spokesman Sani Datti, said yesterday.


President Muhammadu Buhari called for increased vigilance among Nigerians to reduce suicide terror attacks on soft targets.

He condemned Tuesday’s suicide bombs in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, and yesterday’s explosions in Kano.

In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the President commiserated with the families of the victims as well as the governments and people of Adamawa and Kano states.

He reassured Nigerians that his administration was determined to wipe out Boko Haram and bring perpetrators of the heinous crime to justice.

President Buhari also urged Nigerians not to despair because of what he called the cowardly terrorist attacks, but to have confidence in the ability of the nation’s reinvigorated, well-equipped and well-motivated Armed Forces and security agencies to overcome Boko Haram soon.

But he noted that vigilance was necessary to save lives since security agents could not be everywhere to deter every planned attack.

Citizen’s vigilance, the President said, would help to reduce the frequency of such attacks.

Kano State Police Commissioner Muhammad Musa Katsina told reporters that eight other persons were injured in the explosion, which occurred at 4.30pm.

The police chief said the injured were taken to hospitals for treatment while the scene was cordoned off with tight security .

He said a Sharon Space Wagon vehicle arrived at the market with six passengers, including the two female bombers.

Katsina said the suicide bombers entered the GSM market through different gates and detonated the bombs on them.

The police chief urged the residents to be vigilant and report suspected characters to security agencies.

It was learnt that one of the suicide bombers blew herself up on the road while the other managed to enter the main market, where she blew up herself.

The Chairman of the GSM Village traders, Alhaji Umar Dan-Fulani, said about 20 people died in the blasts.

He said: “We were in the market and, all of a sudden, we heard two deafening sounds. People started running helter-skelter. I counted about 20 bodies; several other people were injured.”

The Nation