#News: Deadly attack on Nigeria bus station

[BBC]

 Witness Adamu Muhammad said the bus station "descended into panic".

A shop owner told AFP news agency that an angry mob stopped emergency workers from retrieving the remains of the bomber and instead set them on fire.

Thousands of people have been killed and more than three million displaced by Boko Haram's insurgency.

The Islamist militants, who are fighting to create an Islamic state in north-eastern Nigeria, have become a regional threat.

In response, Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon have agreed to form a regional military force to combat the group.

Growing insecurity in the north-east led Nigeria to postpone elections due to be held on 14 February.

Correspondents say the insurgency has also cast doubt on the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan, who is accused of not having done enough to contain it.


Source: BBC