Two people have on Sunday been killed in a bomb blast
believed to be from an Improvised Explosive Device
(IED), in Dahlehi Community in the Maiha Local
Government Area of Adamawa, reports have said.
The Chairman of the Local Government, Alhaji
Mohammed Jibrilla, confirmed the development in an
interview in Yola.
“The development was followed by an explosion which
killed one person on the spot while the second died
shortly before admission at the Yola Specialist
Hospital,” he said.
“Two other injured youths are now on admission in the
hospital,” Jibrilla added.
Jibrilla advised the public to be vigilant and to report
any strange object to the authorities.
The Adamawa State Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP. Othman Abubakar, confirmed the incident to
Vanguard, but did not give details.
Maiha Local Government was one of the Local
Governments recently retaken from Boko Haram
insurgents by the military.
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