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Not fewer than nine persons were on Tuesday morning killed when an improvised explosive devices conveyed in a pick-up van exploded.
The pickup van was said to have emerged from the bush path along Maiduguri-Gubio town carrying the nine passengers.
It exploded shortly after climbing the tarred road heading towards Gubio, a town 80 km away from Maiduguri.
Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.
“There was an explosion today along Gubio road just before the military check point,” he said.
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The pickup van was said to have emerged from the bush path along Maiduguri-Gubio town carrying the nine passengers.
It exploded shortly after climbing the tarred road heading towards Gubio, a town 80 km away from Maiduguri.
Police Public Relations Officer, Victor Isuku, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.
“There was an explosion today along Gubio road just before the military check point,” he said.
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