…As 5 Libyan returnee dies 2 days after arrival***

No fewer than 22 persons were killed and 28 others injured in a multiple suicide bombing  at a market in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno.

The incident occurred on Friday at about 9:00 PM, when three suicide bombers detonated explosives at the “Kasuwar Kifi” in the outskirts of Konduga town.

A witness, Idrissa Bana, said the three suicide bombers simultaneously detonated the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on their bodies in the crowded market.

Bana said that the explosives killed 22 persons and 28 others sustained injuries, adding that those injured were evacuated to a hospital in Maiduguri.

“There were a lot of people doing last minute shopping when the suicide bombers hit the market,” he said.

A competent security source confirmed the incident, adding that at the moment the identity of the suicide bombers and exact number of causalities could not be ascertain for now.

In the meantime, a female returnee recently evacuated from Libya, Miss Towabola Adebayo,  died after two days of medical treatment at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH).

Mr Sani Datti, the Head of Media and Public Relations, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the returnee was 32 years old and hailed from Ogun State.

He stated that “she was among the 5th Batch of returnees evacuated from Libya on board Medview Air that arrived Port Harcourt on Monday night.

“She arrived sick and was immediately taken in a waiting NEMA Ambulance to University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital where she was admitted.

“She was treated of vomiting, general weakness of the body, abdominal pains and associated illness.

“She unfortunately died early on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2018, two days after admission in hospital.”

Datti noted that contacts had been established with her parents and arrangements were being made to convey her remains home.