One killed, 16 injured as explosions rock Borno

Multiple explosions rocked various parts of Borno State on Thursday, The PUNCH has learnt.

Borno Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Aliyu, on Thursday, said a person was killed in the attacks suspected to have been orchestrated by insurgents while 16 others were injured.

The sound of the explosions in Mairi, Custom and Gwange areas of the state boomeranged all over the state, sending many into panic mode.

Aliyu said the actual cause of the explosions was yet to be ascertained but security operatives had been dispatched to the affected areas.