Six people have been killed in a bomb blast as police searched vehicles at a checkpoint outside the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Monday, police and a witness are now saying.

According to Yobe state police spokesman, Toyin Gbadegesin who talked to AFP: "Eight people including two bombers were killed in the explosion. Two policemen were among the victims,"

The explosion happened at about 1:00 p.m. to the north of the city, which is the capital of Yobe state, on the main road to Maiduguri in neighboring Borno state.

Umar Goni, a witness to the crime said: "A police highway patrol team was searching vehicles just outside the city and an SUV with a foreign number arrived at the spot. The police were uncomfortable, so they decided to search the vehicle. While the search was going on, another SUV arrived. It was stopped for the same search. There was a man and in a woman in the second car. Suddenly, there was a blast from inside the car while two policemen were trying to conduct a search."

A reporter with state-run Yobe Television, who was at the scene shortly after the blast, said the other four who died were motorists. He said: "A handbag belonging to the woman in the car was found and some explosives were recovered and defused."

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When will all this end. Dear God please we need ur devine intervention.









I dedicate dis FTC 2 all da beautiful pipo out dere

God help us, Army chief, time up for push-ups, duty calls.

You hardly hear good news coming from Nigeria this days.
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Forget abt the dead now, our country is in Amelika mood

toxiflam:
God help us, Army chief, time up for push-ups, duty calls.

No they should continue its part of there job description.
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I'm tired of news like this...be it DuIIardinho or no duIIardinho.....I'm really tired of news concerning boko haram.....peace n normalcy should be restored to all parts of Nigeria... Buhari should come back....cos more lives are being destroyed in his absence.... wat am i even saying self

were there no destruction of lives n properties b4 he left for de US?

Nigeria has a kindergarten president...

we are winning the war......Buhari

Meanwhile buhari and obama must hear this,U S loading

I see smoke everywhere

Buhari is a terrorist - Elrufai