Nigeria Informer | Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday bombed a popular bar and brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State. Reports shows that at least 60 people died in this attack.
2 security sources in the area told SaharaReporters that a horrendous explosion rocked the bar and brothel which usually teems with civilian and military patrons. The explosion occured around 6 pm. Nigerian time, both sources said. One of our sources said none of the victims was a soldier, but the other stated that it was too early to ascertain whether any of the dead were soldiers.
The bombed location is a short distance away from the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion (SOB) of the Nigerian army in Mubi. The battalion is at the center of the Nigerian government’s counter-offensive against Boko Haram’s increasingly daring attacks on military and civilian targets.
Soldiers based in Mubi often times join civilians to eat, drink,socialise and dance at the watering hole, our sources said, adding that military commanders generally warned soldiers not to stay at the joint past 4 p.m.
Recently, Boko Haram terorist has master minded deadly attacks in the northeast Nigerian states of Adamawa, Borno and tone, even as the Federal Government’s declares state of emergency in the 3 states respectively.
[Source of this news: Sahara Reporter]
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