By Towncriernews
Four protesters have reportedly met their
untimely death in the hands of the Boko
Haram Insurgents during the #endbad
governance protest in Maiduguri, capital
of Bornu State, North East of Nigeria
The sad incident occurred at Kime filling
station, Bolori Junction in Maiduguri.
According to a report by Daily Trust on
Thursday, officials of the petrol station who
gave accounts of how the victims died,
said that the victims were workers at the
filling station.
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One of the attendants at the filling station who
gave his name as Malam Musa, said the
victims died from an explosion.
He said that he was with the victims when
they died from the explosion, and that he
would have been affected too, but that he was
lucky to escape.
He added that the victims are still lying in the
pool of their blood.
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Musa added: “As I’m speaking to you now,
the are still lying in the pool of their blood.”
Speaking further, he said, “I nearly got
affected, but as God would have it, I escaped
unhurt.”
The nationwide #badgovernance protest
is at drawing the attention of the
government to the hunger and economic
hardship currently being experienced in the
country
The death of the four protesters is coming
hours after an explosion occurred at a local
tea joint in Kawuri village, Konduga Local
Government Area of Borno State, claiming no
fewer than 19 lives.
According to media reports, the attack was
suspected to be the handiwork of Boko
Haram Insurgents
Following the incident, the Borno State Police
had imposed a curfew on the state.