forgotten Boko Haram bombs explode, kills sveral peolpe

Firstclass newsline gathered that an abandoned sack containing
Improvised Explosive Devices exploded in Monguno, Borno State, killing
and injuring many members of the Civilian Joint Task Force and
residents.
Eyewitnesses gave different figures on the death toll. While a source
was told by a resident that 20 people lost their lives, theAssociated
Pressfirst reported 23 and later updated it to 63.
The resident told firstclass newsline that Boko Haram members had
abandoned the black "strange sack" while fleeing from the civilian JTF
team on Tuesday evening. But another told the AP that the civilian
JTF, which is made up of local vigilantes, saw the sack in an
abandoned Boko Haram camp.
According to the resident, the civilian JTF members spotted the sack
on a street and after a prolonged argument on what to do, one of
them decided to pick it up.
Tragedy however struck when the IEDs exploded at a point where the
team was about to open the sack to unravel its contents. The injured
and the dead included anxious residents who had raced to the spot on
learning of the "strange sack."
A member of the civilian JTF, who also spoke to a source said, " Our
team was moving round the town after chasing away some insurgents who
had tried to attack us. But in the process, they spotted a strange
black polythene bag. One of the team members took the sack to our
gathering place.
"But many people had come to know the contents of the sack but before
we knew it, a series of explosions happened. About 20 people died in
the process. Many, I think, 43 were also wounded."
The Head of the Borno State Hospital Management Board, Salisu
Kwayabura, however said that 54 victims were taken to the State
Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri.
Kwayabura told Governor Kashim Shettima, who visited the hospital,
that of the 54, 13 persons were brought in dead while 13 were
treated and released.
Another witness, Haruna Bukar, told the AP that the civilian JTF
discovered a Boko Haram camp and found the strange black sack which
they took to Monguno.
AP quoted its correspondent as reporting that "while celebrating this
discovery , at least one of the IEDs went off killing and injuring
people who had gathered around."
Command Centre to be operational in 21 days
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Army has said that its Command and Control
Centre in Maiduguri and Yola will become operational in 21 days when
the installation of hi-tech equipment and infrastructural development
would have been completed.
A statement on Wednesday by the Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. Sani Usman, added that posting of more operational
staff had commenced following the deployment of a reconnaissance and
an advance team to the centre last week.
It said that the Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Air Staff were at
the MCCC to monitor activities there last Tuesday.
With the establishment of the Centre, the Army said all strategic and
operational decisions on the fight against terrorism would emanate
from the MCCC.
This, it added, would ensure faster response time, improved
situational awareness and better coordination of all stakeholders.
The statement read, "The installations of hi-tech equipment,
infrastructural development of the centre and posting of additional
operations staff have also commenced.
"These are to be completed within 21 days when the MCCC would be fully
operational. The centre will also give the needed impetus that would
ensure prosecution and successful conclusion of the war against
terrorism."
The military said the centre would also provide the required interface
between the Armed Forces and the Multi-National Joint Task Force to be
deployed at the Lake Chad Basin at the end of July 2015.
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