The bomber was also killed, while 17 people were wounded.
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But he said that security forces have been unable to prevent the group from carrying out suicide bomb attacks, which have increased in frequency.
Fourteen casualties were initially evacuated from the scene of the blast, but 15 more people died while receiving treatment at various hospitals across the Maiduguri, said the local rescue agency.
On Thursday, two male suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the city and killed 32 Muslim worshipers. The road linking the village from Maiduguri- Damboa – Biu had been closed to motorists in the past one year despite directive by the Chief of Army Staff, Luitenant General Tukur Buratai to reopen the road.
The first bombing happened Thursday evening as worshippers gathered at a mosque for evening prayers. From there, they have sneaked across the border into Cameroon and Chad and carried out ISIS-style bombings, often using female captives as suicide bombers. Our sovereignty is threatened.
The operations will be carried out as part of the recently announced deployment of up to 300 U.S. military personnel to neighboring Cameroon, officials said.
Washington has largely shied away from engaging its vast military assets to combat Boko Haram, with policymakers wary of fueling militant recruitment or fusing the group’s ties with Middle Eastern Islamists.
“It is also crucial to our country, Nigeria“. Be courageous. We must degrade and defeat the Boko Haram terrorists. Let us remain steadfast in this noble cause.
Residents say they wonder why the situation, instead of reducing seems to be escalating everyday, even when the government has pledged to end the reign of Boko Haram soon.
Buhari stressed that he would not resign if he does not fulfill his promise of defeating Boko Haram by December 2015.
Last week, 41 people were killed in triple explosions in Baga Sola, on the Chadian side of Lake Chad, where Nigeria meets Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
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The President claimed not to have seen the Amnesty global report from June 2015, “Nigeria: Stars on their shoulders: Blood on their hands”, in which the human-rights group documented abuses, torture and unlawful killings by the Nigerian armed forces and urged the government to prosecute a group of officers and senior commanders.
