Another bomb attack occurs in Borno state - The attack follows the killing of 11 persons in multiple bomb explosions in Maiduguri on July 11 A female bomber has detonated an explosive device killing 10 worshippers who came for prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Monday morning, July 17. READ ALSO: IPOB release new sit-at-home order The bombing is the latest of a series of bomb attacks carried out by suspected Boko Haram insurgents since the release of some commanders of the group in exchange for some of the kidnapped Chibok girls, the Cable reports. NAIJ.com , recalls that at least 11 persons were killed in multiple bomb explosions on Tuesday night, July 11, in Maiduguri. A reliable security source, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that the first and second explosions occurred at about 9.45 p.m at Mulaikalmari, some six kilometers away from Maiduguri. The source said that eight persons, including the bombers were killed in the attack. PAY ATTENTION: Install our latest app for Android, read best news on Nigeria’s #1 news app Three persons were also killed and five others wounded in the third and fourth explosions, which occurred about 20 minutes later at Polo-Sabon Gari area of Maiduguri, according to the source, who said he helped in the evacuation of the victims from the scenes of the explosion. The source added that security teams had been drafted to the affected areas to ascertain the situation. He disclosed those wounded were referred to Special Hospital, Maiduguri for medical attention. Meanwhile, A 12-year-old Fulani cattle breeder was killed in a bomb blast at Muna Delti area of Jere local government council of Borno state on Saturday, July 15. A witness, Grema Bana, said that the incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m., at one of the pastoralist hamlets in the area. Mr. Bana said that the deceased and his brother were returning home after taking out the cattle to a nearby forest for grazing. According to him, an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED), was said to have been strapped to one of the boys by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. In the video below, Naij.com visits the IDP camp near Abuja to see how children are being treated after the horrors they have experienced.
Ogungbeje says Evans is being kept unnecessarily because the
police does not have evidence to charge him
- An unnamed family member says there are worries among
Evans' people that he may have been allegedly killed by the
police
- He says there were reports that Evans was imprisoned in an
underground cell
Olukoya Ogungbeje, lawyer to notorious kidnapper Evans, has
revealed that the Nigeria Police Force is yet to charge the suspect
to court because it had no evidence against him.
Ogungbeje told The Sun that the police is holding his client
unnecessarily since his arrest on June 10 and trying to brainwash
him.
He said: “ We are not saying that we want to ensure that our client
escapes justice at all costs. What we are saying is that we were
given letter of representation and properly briefed and we have
the claim to represent him within the confines of the law.
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“As we speak, there is no single evidence of the matter, do you
know that there is no single witness in that matter, do you know
that no single case file has been opened on that matter? He has
been moved to Abuja.
“Someone that we did not have access to while in Lagos Police
Command, how do you think that we will be able to access him
in Abuja? The police keep on brainwashing him, they keep on
threatening him, they keep on deceiving him. Take him to court,
that is what the law says. The police are only playing the ostrich.
“Do you know as his lawyer, I have been denied access to him,
do you know that the father, his mother, his wife and children
have been denied access to him? The police are not telling the
truth. Why have they not published the court order they claimed
to have got? Let them name the judge.
“They are only misinforming the public. They are not bold enough
to publish the order. In short, they don?t have it. The police have
been mischievous. There is more to it than meet the eye. The
matter is in court and we should allow the court to handle the
case and wait for the outcome of the matter.”
Ogungbeje said he was not the only one barred from seeing Evan
as even his wife, children and parents have been refused access
to him since he was arrested.
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There is also worry that Evans may have been killed by the police
since nobody has access to him.
A south-east based member of Evan’s family, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said:
“We are scared something terrible may have happened to him
because of the way police has handled this matter so far
especially the way his movement from Lagos was shrouded in
secrecy. How would we have known if not your paper (Saturday
Sun) which exposed the move in your report last weekend?
“From our own investigation, we learnt he was first dumped in an
underground cell at the force headquarters in Abuja. Though we
have also heard that he has been moved to a secret location
believed to be the FCID cell in Garki area of Abuja, we are yet to
confirm that or his exact location and wellbeing as we speak?”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported earlier that Speaker of the Lagos
state House of Assembly Mudashiru Obasa hinted that alleged
notorious kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, better known
as Evans, may be prosecuted in the state .
The argument is that most of his alleged criminal activities were
carried out in Lagos state where he was also arrested in his
Magodo estate mansion.
Obasa gave the hint on Thursday, July, 13, at the 2nd edition of
the state House of Assembly/Media and Civil Society
organisations parley where issues relating to security dominated
discussions.
Watch this video of a visit by the NAIJ.com TV crew to the home
of Evans, the billionaire kidnapper
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