{"id":52149,"date":"2019-02-24T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T04:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=52149"},"modified":"2019-02-24T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T04:04:25","slug":"blasts-heard-in-maiduguri-northeast-of-nigeria-before-polls-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/blasts-heard-in-maiduguri-northeast-of-nigeria-before-polls-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Blasts heard in Maiduguri, northeast of Nigeria, before polls open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News desk<br \/>\nMAIDUGURI<br \/>\nA series of explosions was heard in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, shortly before the opening of polls in presidential and parliamentary elections.<br \/>\nMultiple blasts were heard at about 6A.M. (0500 GMT), locals said. There was no immediate indication of the cause.<br \/>\nBut the city is the birthplace of Boko Haram Islamists and has been repeatedly attacked during their nearly 10-year insurgency that has devastated the remote region.<br \/>\nPolls open at 0700 GMT, with President Muhammadu Buhari, a former army general who has vowed to defeat the jihadists, seeking a second term.<br \/>\nBoko Haram has warned it will disrupt the elections.<br \/>\nOne resident in the Gomari neighborhood of Maiduguri said: \u201cI heard several explosions coming from the Bulumkutu area this morning but it\u2019s unclear what is happening.<br \/>\n\u201cThere have been suspicions that it was an attack by Boko Haram but we don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<br \/>\nHe added: \u201cLate yesterday (Friday), some gunmen went into the house of a man in Gomari and shot him dead. We still don\u2019t know the motive.\u201d<br \/>\nTwo other residents gave a similar account.<br \/>\nThe early morning explosions in Maiduguri come after a Boko Haram attack late on Friday on Zabarmari village, some 10 kilometers outside Maiduguri.<br \/>\nThe attack forced residents to flee into the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News desk MAIDUGURI A series of explosions was heard in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, shortly before the opening of polls in presidential and parliamentary elections. Multiple blasts were heard at about 6A.M. (0500 GMT), locals said. There was no immediate indication of the cause. 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