One person has been confirmed dead at Ngomari airport general area in Maiduguri, Borno State after Boko Haram fighters fired rockets at the community ahead of the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari, SaharaReporters reports.
One of the missiles, according to the report, also landed at Ajilari Cross area, near Maiduguri airport where there is a military base.
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The bombs reportedly landed on several houses around the vicinity, causing extensive damage that was difficult to quantify as of the time of writing this report.
The President is visiting Maiduguri to inaugurate multiple projects embarked upon and completed by the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum.
Borno is the epicentre of insurgency war in Nigeria.
The state has been at the end of incessant deadly attacks by terrorist groups–Boko Haram and the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), therefore, many of its residents have grown frustrated with the Buhari government.
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