Monday, 6 October 2014

Travel ban cancel out holiday

In Borno, the Nigerian army as extended travel ban by 24 hours due to the insurgency by the Boko Haram sect.
Borno and Yobe had already put a ban from Friday through the festival to Monday against any attack.
Quoting from an army statement, it says that “embargo on all vehicular movement in 7 Division area of responsibility has been extended till 7.00am (0600 GMT) on Tuesday, 7th October, 2014,”.
The army’s 7 Division covers Borno and its surroundings.
When it announced the initial weekend travel ban, the military had said a security report indicated that Boko Haram militants have made plans to launch “multiple bomb explosions” in Maiduguri and other major towns in the state during the Muslim festival.

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