UPDATE: 26 killed in Maiduguri Mosque blast

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IG of Police Solomon Arase
Twenty six people were killed on Saturday after a suspected suicide bomber detonated his Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a Mosque near the Monday Market in Maiduguri.
A trader at the market, Malam Modu Walama, told newsmen that the blast occurred shortly before the commencement of the afternoon prayer at the mosque.
“I had wanted to say my afternoon prayer but something told me to go inside the market.
“But immediately I left the vicinity, I heard a loud blast emanating from the mosque,” Walama said.
He said that on hearing the blast, he took to his heels to escape …Read More

Source:: PM Newspaper