A suicide bomber targeting an Ashoura procession of Shiites killed at least 29 people in northeast Yobe state. In central Kogi state, 132 inmates are at large after militants blew their way into the prison with explosives; one inmate died, eight were recaptured, and four surrendered. Boko Haram is suspected in both attacks. Upcoming elections are imperiled after the government’s false declaration of a ceasefire with the jihadist group, and former Vice President Atiku Abubakr declared “the insurgency ‘a crisis of leadership’ by the federal government.”
