There was a heavy sounds from Giwa Barrack in Maiduguri, Borno State capital in the early hours of Thursday.
The blast and red flares in the sky forced residents of Polo, Fori, GRA, Unimaid and others out on the streets in fear of possible attack by Boko Haram Terrorists.
However, the Headquarters Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI Maiduguri, attributed the explosion to the current high temperatures in Maiduguri which led to the explosion of some munitions.
Captain REUBEN KOVANGIYA Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations Headquarters Theatre Command Operation HADIN KAI in a statement said the situation has been brought under control with the combined efforts of the Borno State Fire Service Department and other fire trucks from security agencies.
“Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have been deployed to protect the public and prevent miscreants from taking advantage of the situation.
“The general public is therefore urged to please discountenance any speculation of an attack within the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and remain calm,” the statement said.
Also, the Borno State Police command, in a statement said it was a fire outbreak in the ammunition facility of the Barrack and advised the public to remain calm
The spokesman of the command, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso in a statement said: “On 30 April 2025 at 10:30 PM, a fire broke out in the ammunition facility at Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri. The fire incident affected some munitions to detonate, resulting in loud bangs.
“A combined security and fire-service response team arrived promptly on scene and successfully extinguished the fire. Preliminary investigations indicated that the unusually high ambient temperatures in Maiduguri at this time of year may have contributed to the outbreak.
“The command calls on all members of the public to remain calm and should not panic as the situation is now fully under control”.
Also, the Directorate of Borno Fire Service, said in a statement that a combined team of first responders from the Nigerian Army Fire Service, Federal Fire Service and Borno State Fire Service have duly reported at the scene and successfully put out the fire.
“However, there may be secondary explosions which may disturb the neighbourhood around the barracks. Members of the public should not panic on hearing loud bangs.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the intense heat in Maiduguri around this time of the year may have triggered or conflagrate the fire. However, the combined team of firefighters are on top of the situation” the statement read.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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