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What began as an ordinary Saturday morning at a village bus stop in Guzamala ended in horror. At least nine people were killed in Mairari village when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated just before noon, sending shockwaves—literal and emotional—throughout Borno State.
The deadly explosion struck as residents, mostly farmers and displaced persons trying to return to their temporary homes in Monguno and Maiduguri, gathered at the local bus stop. The bomb, believed to have been planted by terrorists, left multiple others injured.
Confirming the incident, PUNCH reported that the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan, mourned the loss of his constituents. “It is unfortunate that nine of my resilient constituents were killed by planted IEDs while waiting to board vehicles,” he said, offering prayers for the victims and the wounded. “May Allah grant their souls Aljanatul Firdaus.”
Lawan painted a somber picture of Mairari’s troubled history. Once resettled twice with functioning civil authority, the village has now fallen silent again under the looming threat of Boko Haram and ISWAP. Many of its residents, despite being displaced, return to their farmlands seasonally—movements that are now closely tracked by insurgents. According to Lawan, terrorists used this knowledge to plant explosives at the village bus stop.
He called on the military and security agencies to intensify operations, particularly in areas like Gudumbali and Mairari that remain under terrorist control, with no semblance of civil governance.
When reached for comment, Borno State Police Command’s spokesperson Nahum Daso answered the call but said nothing before subsequent attempts were ignored.
Tragically, this isn’t the only deadly encounter the state has suffered this week.
Just days earlier, in the early hours of May 27, nine members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed in Marte after a ferocious overnight gun battle with suspected Boko Haram or ISWAP fighters. According to a situation report from Counter-Terrorism Unit Base 8, the CJTF successfully fought off the insurgents in a courageous stand—but the worst came later.
While retrieving the body of a fallen comrade, the team stepped on a hidden IED left behind by the retreating terrorists. The explosion claimed the lives of nine CJTF operatives on the spot.
The report also revealed a more gruesome layer of the attack: several civilians captured during the assault were later executed by the insurgents before they fled the area.
“A planted IED exploded as the CJTF members were returning to their camp, killing nine instantly,” the report stated. “Captured civilians were also gruesomely slaughtered.”
As fear and mourning grip Borno once more, these twin tragedies highlight the persistent and evolving threat of terrorism in Nigeria’s northeast, where the cost of resilience is too often paid in blood.
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