Maiduguri Attack: Zulum Visits Victims In Hospitals, Confirms 10 Deaths, 50 injured

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has visited two hospitals where victims of Tuesday night’s attack by terrorist group, Boko Haram were being treated, confirming that 10 died while 50 persons sustained various degrees of injuries.

While speaking at the State Specialist Hospital and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, both in Maiduguri, he directed that the State ministry of health should foot their bills.

He expressed the need to beef security measures in Maiduguri to be able to monitor vehicles coming in and out of Maiduguri, noting that it was a car bomb.

He said: “Indeed it is a very sad moment for the people and government of Borno state, about 60 persons were affected, among them, 10 have died. It was as a result of long distance shots fired by the insurgents. I believe this is a new trend we have to rise up and stop.

“We experienced a similar incident exactly one year ago. The solution is to deploy an appropriate form of technology, which we will have to work on. I share the pains of all those affected but we are not just visiting hospitals, we do so much behind the scene in our combined responses to the Boko Haram insurgency and we will keep making these and more efforts,” Zulum said.

The shots, on Tuesday night, came from Kaleri, an outskirts of Maiduguri, but grenades traveled to hit Gwange and Adam kolo communities, both densely populated areas in the inner city. Most of the deaths occurred in Gwange. One of the RPG shots, hit a children’s play ground in Gwange, it was also gathered.