Reports reaching CEOAfrica states that some bomb blasts which occurred early this morning at three different locations in Maiduguri, Borno State has left six people dead.

Four of the victims, as confirmed by the Borno State Police, were Boko Haram suicide bombers, while the other two victims were members of the local vigilante called Civilian JTF.

The first explosion occurred at a security check post close to a Federal High Court complex in Jiddari Polo, a suburb of Maiduguri, where two suicide bombers detonated their explosives, killing themselves in the process. Shortly after, two more explosions reverberated from the eastern part of the city.

Briefing newsmen about the incident, the Borno State Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, confirmed that a suicide bomber tried to enter Muna Garage, a usually crowded bus station, but later detonated the explosive at the gate, killing himself. The third blast which claimed the lives of two operatives of the Civilian JTF alongside the bomber’s, occurred near the city’s entrance gate, where security personnel mounted a check post.

The police chief called on residents to be more vigilant and report any form of suspicious movement of persons around their locale. Over 20,000 people have been killed in Boko Haram related attacks since 2009 with millions of others displaced.