Overview
- A Reuters witness reported an explosion at a mosque near Gamboru Market in Maiduguri during Maghrib prayers.
- Initial accounts indicated the blast occurred around 6 p.m. local time.
- Reports suggested worshippers may have been injured or killed, though no numbers were confirmed.
- Authorities had issued no public statement and no group had claimed responsibility at the time of reporting.
- Maiduguri has long been a focal point of the Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgency, which has previously targeted mosques and markets with suicide bombings and improvised explosive devices.