A bomb explosion on Wednesday claimed six lives and injured eight others along the Gusau–Dansadau road in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria. The explosive device, planted by the Lakurawa jihadists, detonated when a Volkswagen Golf 3 car ran over it, with the vehicle completely destroyed. According to the Zamfara police command on Thursday, the Lakurawa terrorist group set the explosive that destroyed a civilian vehicle off along the Gusau-Dansadau road in Maru LGA.
“It was this morning, one Golf 3 vehicle stepped on the bomb and exploded. We have six dead bodies here now and eight others sustained injuries,” said Abdullahi Dansadau, a local resident.
This marks the second explosion on the same route within a week. Last Sunday, a commercial driver was killed in a similar attack, according to Daily Trust.
The Nigerian Army confirmed the incident, with Brig. Gen. Timothy Opurum, Commander of 1 Brigade Nigerian Army Gusau, stating: “I have instructed the troops to go there for assessment.” Security forces have been deployed, but locals fear the growing use of explosives will worsen Zamfara’s ongoing insecurity.
—Ezinwanne Onwuka reports for TruthNigeria from Abuja.
