A series of bomb blasts have rocked communities in the Dansadau District of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to eyewitnesses, at least two explosive devices believed to have been planted by bandits went off at separate locations in the Dansadau District. The blasts occurred on the road between Dansadau and Malamawa and another on Malele Road, all in the Dansadau district.
A resident, Nuhu Babangida, recounted how the passengers in a Canter Truck escaped death after the truck, loaded with grains, ignited one of the bombs.
Babangida said the truck was going to the Dansadau weekly market on Friday when it ran over the bomb. He said the passengers escaped without harm, and revealed that the blasts on Malamawa and Malele roads went off simultaneously.
This is the third explosion in five days in the Dansadau Emirate, with previous incidents occurring on Sunday and Wednesday.
On Wednesday, at least 12 people were reportedly killed when an explosive blew off a bridge at Tashar Sahabi. The victims were travelling in an overloaded Golf car to Gusau from Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State when the incident occurred at about 8 a.m.
The police command in the state is yet to comment on the incidents.