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| Blast Rocks Bus Station In Bauchi by chesterlee(m): 1:08am On Oct 23, 2014 |
A large explosion rocked a bus station Wednesday in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram, witnesses said, in what appeared to be the latest crack in the government’s purported ceasefire with the Islamists. “We had a huge blast at exactly 9:45 pm (2045 GMT)… We realised it had come from the bus station,” said Musa Babale, a resident of the town of Azare in Bauchi state where the blast occurred. “The whole place was a mess,” he said. The police and military did not answer calls seeking comment but another resident of the affected area near the Kano road said the security forces had surrounded the site. “We found the place cordoned off by soldiers and police,” said witness Mauzu Ibrahim. “From where I stood I saw bodies being put in a van.” Other witnesses also reported seeing casualties but it was not immediately possible to estimate the number and emergency workers were not available to comment. While the cause of the blast remained unclear, Bauchi has been one of the hardest hit areas in Boko Haram’s five-year uprising against the Nigerian state. The insurgents also claimed twin car bombings at a bus station on the outskirts of the capital Abuja earlier this year. Any indication that the explosion was tied to Boko Haram will further undermine the government’s claim to have negotiated a ceasefire with the extremist group. The surprise deal was announced by the presidency and military on Friday but there are already strong signs that the pact was hollow. Violence raged through the weekend in the embattled northeast and the credibility of the so-called Boko Haram negotiator has been widely questioned. Bauchi borders Nigeria’s northeastern region which has been under a state of emergency since May of last year because of the unrest. Azare is roughly 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the state capital Bauchi city. Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/blast-rocks-bus-station-bauchi/#sthash.6xLiz5ES.dpuf
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| Re: Blast Rocks Bus Station In Bauchi by LOC1(m): 3:44am On Oct 23, 2014 |
Chai! All this blood you are sharing,  |
| Re: Blast Rocks Bus Station In Bauchi by nkenu(m): 3:51am On Oct 23, 2014 |
God will see us through. |
| Re: Blast Rocks Bus Station In Bauchi by Rawani: 3:55am On Oct 23, 2014 |
If the blast occurred at 9:45pm on Wednesday night, why am I seeing daytime pictures of the blast at 3:55 am Thursday morning? Sensational journalism aside, the fact is: Take out PDP, and you've taken out BH. This is just a desperate attempt by the party/sect to remain relevant in its twilight, and the blood suckers don't mind putting our innocent mothers and daughters in mortal danger or wasting the limbs of innocent Nigerians. When we hammered it into their ears that no sane government should negotiate with terrorists, they were hawking conspiracy theories of how the US does the same, as if two wrongs make a right. Well if GEJ cannot save his own neck at the polls by securing the electorates lives especially at this critical moment of his desperate quest to hold on to power, then Nigerians have no business helping him since we are too busy trying to keep our own necks and bodies in one piece. |
| Re: Blast Rocks Bus Station In Bauchi by o42austino(m): 4:49am On Oct 23, 2014 |
God na for ur hand i dey ooo |
| Re: Blast Rocks Bus Station In Bauchi by chesterlee(m): 10:52am On Oct 23, 2014 |
BokoHaram 2.0 |
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