Multiple witnesses claim Boko Haram Monday attacked a Shitte procession on Yobe State.
Boko Haram which means Western education is a sin, is a Sunni group.
The attack took place at Tsohuwar Kasuwa area of Potiskum city after the procession were coming back from visiting the palace of the local emir, sources said.
Ibrahim Maina, a resident who witnessed the attack said, “It was a huge crowd and many of them were affected,” the policemen said, declining to estimate a death toll. “The priority is to rescue the injured.”
Potiskum is the economic capital of Yobe, which is one of three northeastern states under emergency rule since May of last year because of the insurgency.