A car bomb explosion has been reported in Maiduguri, the stronghold of the dreaded Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday reported the explosion in a series of tweets as it added that emergency workers are already on their way to the scene.
“There is a reported case of bomb blast around Muna Garage,” NEMA tweeted.
“Emergency workers are on their way to the scene,” it said.
Just in: there is a reported case of bomb blast around Muna garage Maiduguri Borno, details later…
— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) October 12, 2016
Already emergency workers are on their way to the scene..
— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) October 12, 2016
According to an eyewitness, there are Red Cross vehicles near the area.
