The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Yerima, on Tuesday says scores were feared dead and over 20 injured in twin suicide bomb blasts in Mubi main market of the state.
Yerima said the police Anti-Bomb Squad have been deployed to the scene of the incident at Mubi to manage the situation.
It was gathered that the bomb blasts was said to have gone off at around 1 p.m. as the muslim faithful were getting ready for afternoon prayers.
The first bomb is reported to have been gone off at the Mubi market mosque, killing worshippers; while the second bomb detonated around the second hand clothing section of the market, approximately 200 kilometers away from the mosque.
Details as to the number of casualties remains sketchy, but it was learned that the military have already cordoned off the area to protect the public from any further explosions.
The Adamawa State head of Operations, NEMA, Imam Ambani, confirmed the incident, saying the agency has deployed personnel to ascertain the situation as it could not at the moment confirm the exact number of deaths.
