Two explosions rocked the Nigerian capital of Abuja on Friday night, an official of the National Emergency Management Agency said.
The explosions happened in Nyanya and Kuje, both satellite towns of Abuja, agency spokesperson Ezekiel Manzo said in a statement. He said the explosions happened almost simultaneously “and have resulted in a number of deaths and injuries.” He did not immediately give a death toll.
No group has claimed responsibility but the attack has attributes of others by home-grown extremist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram extremists have largely been carrying out attacks in the country’s northeast but occasionally have attacked other towns.
Violence from Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency has left nearly 20 000 people dead and 1.4 million displaced from their homes. At least 1 000 people have been killed since President Muhammadu Buhari took office earlier this year with the promise of wiping out the insurgents.
Earlier, Nigeria’s army said four suicide bombers killed at least 10 people in Maiduguri, after also blaming Islamic extremists for trying to poison water sources in northeastern Nigeria.
