Maiduguri mosque’s blasts death toll hits 30

Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri

The National Emergency Management Agency has put the latest casualties of the mosque explosions in a suburb of Maiduguri on Thursday evening at 30.

Public Information Officer of NEMA,  AbdulKadir Ibrahim, in a text message to our correspondent on Friday said the death toll in the Thursday’s attack on Molai mosque, when Muslims were observing the evening prayer had risen to 30.

The State Police Command had put the casualties at 16 on Thursday while some residents said 26 people were killed.

Ibrahim added, "Suicide bombers attacked Molai village on October 15, 2015 (Thursday) around 6.11pm.

"A suicide bomber came on a bicycle and attacked the mosque, where the community (residents) was observing the Magrib prayer.

“After the first attack, the civilian JTF (youth vigilantes), relatives and other people, who came to rescue the victims, unknown to them, the second suicide bomber was around and he detonated his explosive right in their midst killing more people.

Thirty people were killed and have been deposited at the mortuary of the Borno State Specialist Hospital, seven persons are in critical condition."