Members of the Boko Haram terrorist group on Sunday bombed a bar and a brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State and killed over 60 people.
The blast occurred around 6pm at the brothel where both military and civilians used to unwind.
Sources said that the explosion rocked the popularly bar located at Kaban, a few kilometres to the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion (SOB) of the Nigerian army in Mubi.
It was gathered that the SOB was at the centre of the Nigerian government’s counter-offensive against Boko Haram’s increasingly daring attacks on military and civilian targets.
Sources said that soldiers based in Mubi “frequently join civilians to eat, drink and dance at the watering hole despite repeated warnings from the military commanders that they should not stay at the joint beyond 4 p.m.
In recent weeks, Boko Haram has carried out deadly attacks in the northeast Nigerian states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe despite the Federal Government’s declaration of a state of emergency in the three states.
Adamawa Police Command confirmed the bomb blast, but could not confirm the casualty figure.
The Command‘s spokesman, Mallam Othman Abubakar, said the blast occurred at about 6p.m. last night at a popular relaxation centre, Kabang, the report which was equally confirmed by the 23rd Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Yola.
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