Members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram have claim responsibility for the Christmas day bomb blasts in Madalla, Niger State and Jos, the plateau state capital.
Abu Qaqa, a spokesman for the group told BBC hausa, monitored in Kaduna told Journalists in a statement that ‘the group was responsible for the serial attacks on Christian.”
In the statement, the? sect promised to unleash more attacks.
Nigerian cities have left at least 28 people dead, with three more attacks on other towns.
The Islamist group? said it had attacked St Theresa's Church in Madalla, near the capital Abuja, killing 27 people.
A second explosion shortly after hit a church in the central city of Jos. A policeman died during gunfire.
Three attacks in northern Yobe state targeted a church and security forces.
Two hit the town of Damaturu, and a third struck Gadaka. Yobe state has been the epicentre of violence between security forces and Boko Haram militants.
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