Boko Haram Insurgency Claims 197 Traders in 3 Months, Says NANTS

By Dele Ogbodo 

The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS), the umbrella body of all traders across the country, Tuesday put the number of traders killed as a result of bomb blasts perpetrated by the dreaded Boko Haram sect between May and June at 197.

The association  condemned the coordinated spate of suicide bombings in various market places

which led to the killings of 197 with 137 injured at the El Kanemi and Ngurosaye village market in Borno state, the terminus market in Jos and the Emab plaza blast the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

President of the Association, Mr. Ken Ukaoha, made the disclosure in Abuja, while addressing the leaders and representatives of the various markets in FCT, adding that the figures were not inclusive of victims who died from incessant open fire attacks on innocent traders on the roads especially in the North eastern parts of the country.
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