Car explosion kills 9 in Borno (along Gubio road)

At least nine persons were killed on Tuesday morning when improvised explosive devices conveyed in a pickup van exploded, killing all passengers on board.
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.
“According to preliminary report, a pick up van with nine persons onboard, emerged from a bush path to join the road to Gubio town, when it exploded killing all the persons onboard.”
Tuesday’s blast is the fifth in a series of recent bomb attacks within and around Maiduguri in the last three weeks.