Maiduguri Under Attack As Severe Explosions and Gunshots Hits the City On Election Day

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Just 2 hours to the Presidential election Borno state capital Maiduguri and its environs are under severe attack with several heavy explosion and gunshots in the city, the residents of Maiduguri are currently in panic as series of explosions have rocked the city all within ten minutes.

The explosions, seven of them, began at around 5:50am and ended a little around 6am on Saturday 23/02/2019.

Residents are worried about their safety, especially with the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled to begin in less than two hours. As at the time of filling this report we cannot ascertain the numbers of casualty in the several latest attack

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