[News] Eight passengers reportedly killed as two commercial vehicles hit landmine in Borno

No fewer than eight persons are feared dead and many others sustained varying degrees of injury when two commercial vehicles stepped on landmines along Ngala-Dikwa road in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State.

 

According to Daily Trust, the incident occurred around 10:30 am on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, around Kinewba village in Ngala

 

The landmine attack reportedly happened about 15 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the state capital.

 

A security source disclosed that the two vehicles involved in the incident were damaged beyond repairs.

 

“The vehicles left Ngala around 900:am while the incident occurred about 15 kilometers away. Eight civilians feared dead including two children, and several others were critically wounded in the landmines blast,” he said.

 

A top civilian JTF source said the two vehicles, an Izuzu van and a lorry, stepped on the bomb and nearly all the passengers feared dead.