Not less than three suicide bombers blew themselves Friday morning in Madagali, Adamawa, North East Nigeria, residents and officials have said.
According to residents, the suicide bombers blew up themselves while approaching a security check point, where vehicles are stopped and screened before being allowed into the town.
“This morning the suicide bombers blew up themselves after they were intercepted by local vigilantes stationed at the check point and already two vigilantes lost their lives in the process,” Ladi Musa, a local resident told Premium Times.
The casualty figure is yet to be established.
The member representing Madagali and Michika Federal constituency, Adamu Kamale, also confirmed the incident.
“We wake up again today with yet another sad development as at 8:30 a.m. we got reports that bombs exploded at a checking point in Madagali,” he s
