Two LEA staff k!lled in bomb blast on Damboa–Maiduguri highway


Damboa, Borno State — Two personnel contributors of the Damboa Local Education Authority (LEA) have been killed in a bomb blast alongside the Damboa–Maiduguri motorway on Monday, May 12, 2025.

According to reviews from protection analyst Zagazola Makama, the sufferers—recognized as Blessings Luka and Gideon Bitterleaf—have been a course from Damboa to Maiduguri whilst their car hit an improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to were planted through insurgents.

Eyewitnesses stated the sufferers have been seated withinside the the front of a Toyota Hiace van transporting mangoes whilst the explosion occurred. The blast killed each people right away and left numerous others injured.

A neighborhood authorities legitimate showed the identities of the deceased, describing them as committed and hardworking schooling officials who had made significant contributions to the improvement of the neighborhood schooling system.

Security operatives have given that secured the area, and an research is underway to decide the perpetrators at the back of the attack.

The incident provides to the continuing protection demanding situations in Borno State, which maintains to grapple with insurgency-associated violence.

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