February 24, 2015 – Not less than 32 people were today killed in two bomb incidents carried out by Boko Haram in Potiskum, Yobe State and Kano State just as the sect lost 207 members and arms to Chadian soldiers.
We gathered that the Potiskum attack at Tashar Dan-Borno Motor Park occurred when a suicide bomber rushed onto a bus before setting off a blast that destroyed the bus, killing at least 16 people, security sources have said. The death toll has increased to 22.
Several people were also injured in the onslaught.
In the second attack in Kano, two suicide bombers in a car hit a major bus station in the North’s main city of Kano, killing at least 10 people, police spokesman Ibrahim Idris said.
Boko Haram struck just as soldiers from Chad claimed to have killed 207 Boko Haram militants in a Nigerian border town close to Cameroon
One Chadian soldier according to military statement was killed and nine others wounded in the clashes near Garambu.
Chad’s military also claimed to have seized large quantities of small arms and ammunition and two pick-up trucks.
