An attack by Boko Haram killed 21 people in Maiduguri on Sunday, a top emergency services official said, as further suicide bombings rocked the restive area on Monday.
Mohammed Kanar, head of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the region, told AFP that 21 people had died and 91 were injured when jihadists stormed Jiddari Polo, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, at around 6:30 pm (1730 GMT), shooting guns and unleashing waves of young suicide bombers.
Further attacks rocked the city on Monday, leaving 35 persons dead.
Among the victims was the family of a local chief in Dawari village near Jiddari Polo who were killed by a rocket-propelled grenade understood to have been fired by Boko Haram fighters.
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