The main market in Biu, the largest town in the southern part of Borno state, was rocked on Thursday by an explosion believed to have been carried out by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.
Five persons, according to eyewitnesses, were killed as a result of the blast, including a woman, who was believed have planted the Improvised Explosive device in the market.
The bombing also left 10 other persons injured and caused momentarily panic in the town.
One of the traders in the market, Ibrahim Shaffa, who witnessed the incident, told our correspondent on the telephone, that a woman was caught trying to set up the explosive device very close to the market at about 3.30pm on Thursday.
The youth and traders around the area "because they were alien to such incident, were not too sure what the woman was trying do, but they accosted her, telling her to carry what she dropped.
"It was during the argument that the explosive device detonated and killed five persons, including the woman."
Shaffa said, ten other persons were injured in the explosion, stressing that "the ten persons were taken to the Biu General Hospital to receive treatment,"
He revealed that though the market was visited by security agents almost immediately after the explosion to ascertain the level of destruction, things were back to normal as people, who were initially apprehensive, started going about their normal activities.
A source at the hospital, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to our correspondent, confirmed that 10 persons were brought to the hospital with different degrees of injuries.
Several attempts to get the Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Gideon Jibrin, failed as his phone did not go through.
