The incident happened
when a homemade bomb planted near a bus exploded as people were boarding
at the Dukku bus station, triggering a fire that consumed vehicles,
authorities said.
"So far, 20 people have
been killed in the explosion and another 18 were badly injured," said
Mato Yakubu, Gombe state director of the National Orientation Agency
(NOA).
An official with the Nigerian Red Cross in the city said 20 bodies were evacuated to a local morgue.
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