Four travellers were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday following a bomb explosion at Komala village along the Maiduguri–Damboa Road in Borno State.

The incident, which occurred around 3:30pm, involved a Suzuki pick-up truck that ran over an improvised explosive device.

Confirming the attack, Borno State Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Nahum Daso, said the injured victims had been rushed to the state Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri for treatment.