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Police authorities in Borno State say calm has returned to Maiduguri following the bomb attacks that hit the city earlier in the week.
The spokesperson for the Borno State Police Command, Kenneth Daso, speaking to Channels Television on Wednesday, said that security agencies had regained control of the situation and had launched investigations into the incidents.
He explained that joint security forces were currently conducting operations while police continued to examine the affected areas.
The coordinated explosions, believed to have been carried out by suspected suicide bombers, struck a busy market, the entrance of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, and a post office area on Monday evening.
At least 23 people were initially reported killed, while more than 100 others sustained injuries.
Following the attack, President Bola Tinubu directed security chiefs to move to Maiduguri and oversee operations on the ground.
He described the bombings as desperate attempts by terrorist elements seeking to instil fear.
“I want to make it categorically clear that these acts of terror are the final desperate and frantic attempts by criminals and terrorist elements trying to instil and spread fear,” Tinubu said in a statement.
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum also condemned the incident, describing it as a senseless loss of lives. Chairman of the forum, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, conveyed condolences to the people and government of Borno State and said governors would work with the Nigerian government to eliminate terrorist threats across the country.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu, visited victims receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital and assessed the blast sites. He assured residents that efforts were underway to dismantle those responsible and prevent further attacks.
Eyewitnesses recounted scenes of panic, saying people fled from the initial explosion at the market toward an exit near the post office, where a second blast occurred shortly after.
