Maiduguri Boko Haram attack, Zulum visits hospitals, confirms 10 death, 50 injured
By Madu Mohammed, Maiduguri
Ten persons were killed, while about 50 others injured when Boko Haram fired a Rocket Propelled Grenade ( RPG) at Kaleri area at the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, as they tried to infiltrate the city.
The insurgents who came at about 6:10 pm on Tuesday and tried to infiltrate, Maiduguri fired several Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) that landed in Gwange, Kaleri that injured 60 persons among whom 10 died.
Confirming the number of the casaulties in an interview with journalists when he visited the victims of the attack at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), and the State Specialist Hospital on Wednesday after Boko Haram fighters fired RPGs the Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum said that 10 residents died and about 50 injured in the Tuesday’s stacked.
“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”, he said.
He further said ” I believe this is a new trend we have to raise up and stop. We experienced a similar incident exactly one year ago. The solution is to deploy an appropriate form of technology, which 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”.
The insurgents RPGs were fired , from Kaleri, an outskirts of Maiduguri, but our correspondents reports that grenades traveled to hit Gwange and Adam kolo communities, both densely populated areas in the inner city. Most of the death occurred in Gwange. One of the RPG shots, hit a children’s play ground in Gwange, it was also gathered.
The governor who visited the State Specialist Hospital, and the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, both in Maiduguri to sympathize with the victims of the attacks was told that some of the victims had sustained various degrees of injuries and were being treated, for which he directed that the state ministry of health shoulders the bills.
While speaking on the Tuesday’s recapturing of Marte by the military, Governor Zulum said he was not just pleased but also optimistic that the Nigerian military will work had to retain, continue its peace-building and stability efforts in ways that should ensure the insurgents do not take Marte again, or any part of the state.
“I am optimistic that the insurgents will not take over Marte again” Zulum said.