Eight persons lost their lives on Monday after an improvised explosive device IED in Niger State.
PUNCH Online learnt that the IED was planted by terrorists who used a similar IED to destroy a bridge along Luma road, Borgu LGA, connecting Luma-Babana-Agwara communities.
The bombed bridge connected people moving from one town to another, particularly the Babanna major border market that holds every Monday.
PUNCH further learnt that the veĥicle moving between Nuku and Woro stepped on the IED, which exploded and killed the seven occupants and the driver.
