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Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing six days after it occurred—the video claiming responsibility features the group's leader Abubakar Shekau and was released on 19 April. [9] Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche was arrested by Interpol in Sudan in May 2014 on the suspicion of being one of the masterminds behind the bombings. [ 10 ]
In September 2011 the Nigerian Department of State Security alleged that Mamman Nur was the mastermind behind the attack and offered a ₦26 million (US$160,000) bounty. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Also four men appeared in an Abuja magistrates' court charged with organising the bombing, and were remanded in custody to a federal high court hearing.
[2] [3] The attack was launched by members of Boko Haram, an Islamic sect in northeastern Nigeria. [4] Explosives were used in the attack, leaving 21 people dead [ 5 ] and 17 seriously injured. [ 6 ] The twin car bombing incident was said to have occurred around 4pm at a shopping mall. [ 7 ]
The October 2010 Abuja bombings, also referred to as the 2010 Nigeria Independence Day bombings, were two car bombings carried out against crowds celebrating the fiftieth anniversary (golden jubilee) of Nigeria's independence in the capital city Abuja on the morning of 1 October 2010. The attacks left 12 dead and 17 injured.
A blast at an illegal oil refinery site kills at least 15 in Nigeria, residents say. CHINEDU ASADU. October 3, 2023 at 6:16 AM. ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An explosion and fire at at an illegal oil ...
Between 23 and 25 June 2014, a series of attacks occurred in central Nigeria. On 23–24 June, gunmen attacked a number of villages in Kaduna State, killing around 150 people. The attack was blamed on Fulani tribesmen. On 25 June 2014, a bomb exploded at the Emab Plaza in the national capital of Abuja, killing at least 21 people. In response to ...
On 4 November 2011, a series of coordinated shootings and suicide bombings on northern Nigerian cities killed more than 100 people and injured hundreds more. A spokesperson for the Sunni Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram later claimed responsibility and promised "more attacks are on the way."
The December 2010 Abuja bombing was a bomb attack on a barracks on the outskirts of Abuja, Nigeria, on 31 December 2010. Four people were killed, including a pregnant woman, and 26 were injured; according to defence minister Adetokunbo Kayode , all of the dead were civilians, as were most of the injured. [ 1 ]