About twenty-seven people were said to have died, while 62 others were injured on Sunday, September 20, 2015 as bomb blasts rocked Monguno Town in Borno State, located about 135 kilometers from the state capital, Maiduguri.
Monguno is the hometown of the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno.
A member of the youth vigilante group, Idris Baba, who spoke with Punch on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 said that attacks happened at the same time when bombs were going off in Maiduguri.
A medical staff at the State Specialist Hospital, who spoke anonymously said: “Five vehicles conveyed 62 injured persons from the Monguno attack to the Specialists Hospital in Maiduguri (on Monday afternoon) but we quickly asked them to go to the University Teaching Hospital, because our facilities are over-stretched.”
Baana Abubakar, a resident of Monguna said: “I was at the Onion market after the bomb explosion to help in the rescue of people. I counted 27 dead bodies from the scene.
“We lost 27 people in the bomb blast. Our people have started burying the dead ones. One of the injured ones we brought to Maiduguri today also died.”
The Borno State Police Commissioner, Aderemi Opadokun, who confirmed the attack via a text message said: “Yes, at about 1330 hrs of 21/9/15, caretaker Chairman of Monguno Local Government reported an IED Explosion at Monguno Onion Market at about 2130 hrs of 20/9/15.
“Some people died on the spot while others sustained various degrees of injuries. Injured victims were transferred to UMTH, Maiduguri, while the dead were buried by their relations. The scene has been visited. Investigation is presently in progress.”
