27 killed In Kano, Potiskum explosions

There was bloodbath in Kano and Potiskum on Tuesday following   suicide bomb attacks on motor parks in the two cities.
Fifteen people died and 53 others were injured in the Potiskum, Yobe State attack while 12 were said to have lost their lives in the incident at the   Kano Line Motor Park on Zaria Road, Kano.
It was gathered that the victims of the Potiskum blast were taken to the general hospital in the community and the Federal Medical Centre Nguru.
A nurse at the general hospital   said, “15 bodies brought here from the scene of the blast have been deposited in the mortuary. Some of those injured are in critical conditions at the Accident and Emergency Unit.   It is likely the death toll will rise Those whose wounds are not serious   would be treated and discharged.”
An eyewitness claimed that the female bomber entered a bus at the Tashan Dan Borno Motor Park along the busy Kano Road in the city,   pretending to be a traveller.
He said that the driver of the bus with Kano registration number XA 592 GBT was still waiting for more passengers when the bomber detonated explosives tied to her body at about 11.45am.
The entire area, according to him, was immediately thrown into confusion by the explosion which sent   a huge ball of fire from the bus up the skies.
But another witness said the bomber alighted from a tricycle,   dashed into the mini- motor park and   set off the explosives.
An official of the motor park union   said, “The loaders were getting ready to collect money from passengers   when we   heard a loud sound and the car went up in flames.”