Boko Haram must end its campaign of senseless killings and the Nigerian authorities must bring those responsible to justice, said Amnesty worldwide in the wake of the latest bomb attacks which killed dozens and injured more than 180 people.
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“Sixty-six were injured and 12 killed”, said a Red Cross official who did not want to be named.
Police said on Wednesday that two devices – one inside the market and another at its entrance – were detonated by two female suicide bombers in an area called Farm Centre in Kano.
The Nigerian attacks killed 31 people and wounded more than 70, according to media reports.
Since Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May, Boko Haram, which attained global notoriety for the kidnapping of over 250 schoolgirls and has continued to kidnap and kill Nigerian citizens in the northeastern part of the country, has killed about 1,000 more people. Boko Haram militants are suspected in both attacks.
He said security agencies will overcome the militants “very soon”.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic insurgents have become the world’s deadliest extremist group, edging out the Islamic State group to which it is affiliated, according to a new report.
In November 2014, more than 100 people were killed at the city’s central mosque.
The vast majority of all deaths, 78 percent, occurred in just five countries: Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Dasuki is accused of awarding “phantom contracts” to buy 12 helicopters, four fighter jets and munitions worth $2.9 billion that never were supplied, Adesina said. It subsequently renamed itself the Islamic State’s West Africa Province.
Meanwhile, Facebook activated its “Safety Check” feature in Nigeria the attack.
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RT reports Boko Haram has surpassed the number of fatalities claimed by the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS). It termed the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) as the second deadliest group in India in 2014, responsible for killing 80 people past year.
