17 killed, 35 injured in Yobe mosques attacks;
Some parts of Potiskum town of Yobe State in North East
Nigeria boiled on Tuesday night as no fewer than 17
worshippers were killed by suspected insurgents, who
launched attacks on two separate mosques in the town.
The mosques were located at the Kalli Alkali area, around
the Emir of Fika’s Palace, and the Sakafa Mosque close to
the Potiskum central market.
Our correspondent gathered that the worshippers were
targeted in the two separate attacks during the evening
prayer at about 7:30pm.
Sympathisers, who besieged the two mosques immediately
after the attacks, were said to be horrified by the
mutilated bodies of some of the victims as they littered the
mosque premises.
Residents also besieged the Potiskum General Hospital to
identify those affected as well as commiserate with them.
Although hospital authority declined comments, our
correspondent learnt that 17 bodies were brought from the
scenes of the two attacks while 35 others, affected by the
blasts, were currently receiving treatment at the Potiskum
hospital.
Some of the victims, were as of press time, being referred
to other hospitals.
One of those involved in the rescue operations, Bala Afuwa
of Isma Medical Initiatives, confirmed that 17 people died in
the attack while 35 were currently on admission.
“We were involved in the rescue operation from the
beginning up to this time and I can confirm to you that 17
people were killed in the separate blasts while 35 others
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Many of those on admission will be referred to either Nguru
or neighbouring Azare for treatment,” he said in Hausa.
The Emir of Fika and chairman Yobe State Council of Chiefs,
Alhaji Mohammadu Idris, who also visited the scene of the
two blasts, condemned the attacks, describing it as callous
and inhuman.
He called on the people to be vigilant at all times in the
fight against terrorism.
Earlier on Monday, suspected Boko Haram members had
sacked a military base in the Birni Yadi area of the state
before killing no fewer than eight people.
The terrorists reportedly blew off a bridge linking
Damaturu, the state capital, through Birni Yadi with Borno
and Adamawa states.
Source: www.punchng.com/news/explosion-rips-through-busy-area-in-potiskum-2/

Finally, I am the First to comment

Booked & 4sale. RIP! God, where art thy mercy!!

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Our failure to act and our obsession with firing shots at the “opposition,” the “other religion,” the “other ethnic group,” the “other nation,” and any “other” we can find, is to blame for the success of Boko Haram terror.

We the people have been caught in silent approval of Boko Haram’s carnage because it is not prevalent in “our” areas or affecting “our” spheres of life.

The real sponsor of Boko Haram is the image we see in the mirror.