No less than 20 persons were killed and 48 injured in Abachari in Danboa area of Borno state following an explosion that rocked the place.
It is feared that insurgents were responsible for the explosion though the Borno State Poluce Commissioner Damian Chukwu who confirmed the attack said security had been beefed up.
Chukwu explained that the wounded had been taken to the hospital for treatment.
The military has also blamed the incident on insurgents attack.
Experts fear that Boko Haram may have returned to the places government said had been retrieved from insurgents like Danboa.
President Muhammadu Buhari for instance is being advised to rejig the security structure of the area as he did in 2016 as the military may have become too complacent and used to the activities in the place.