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The bomb exploded near a stadium in the northeastern Nigerian
city of Gombe on Monday, setting a car ablaze, killing one
person and wounding 18.
Gombe state police spokesman Fwaje Atajiri said by telephone
that the bomb had been a female with explosives strapped to her,
a sign it was the work of Islamist militant group Boko Haram,
although no one has claimed responsibility.
Nigeria is due to hold a presidential election on Feb. 14,
pitting the ruling People's Democratic Party's (PDP) Jonathan
against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari for the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Boko Haram militants are stepping up their campaign of violence
ahead of the election. The military repelled an attack by
insurgents on the outskirts of the northeast's main city of
Maiduguri on Sunday, their second assault in a week on a city
they hope to make the capital of a breakaway Islamist state.
(Reporting by Ardo Abdullah; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by
Gareth Jones)
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