The female bomber was reportedly a 10-year-old girl. The incident also left 18 persons injured, the Police Public Relations officer of the Borno State Police Command, Gideon Jubrin, has confirmed.
He said the incident occurred at about 12:30pm at a section of the market.
Also, the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Authority, AbdulKadir Ibrahim, said workers from the agency were at the market to help those injured in the blast.
The attack was at the Yen-Kaji area of the market where chickens are sold. The section was immediately cordoned off by the military as tension rose in the troubled town.
Red Cross officials were seen conveying injured persons to the hospital.
Meanwhile, scores of people were killed in Damaturu, the capital of Yobe State late Friday night as members of the sect attacked the town.
The Executive Director of Stefanos Foundation, Mr. Mark Lipdo, quoting military sources in the state, said the militants launched an attack on the city around 8 pm.
The attack came few hours after military authorities said they had launched a war to take over Baga from the militants.
Amnesty International had said the attack on Baga by the sect remained the deadliest in the history of Boko Haram’s over five-year reign of terror in the North-East as no fewer than 2,000 people were feared killed in the incident.
Source--The punch
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