At least one bystander was killed and seven others wounded when the car bomb exploded, Reuters news agency reports.
Jonathan is standing for re-election in presidential elections due to be held on 14 February. Militant Islamist group Boko Haram has stepped up attacks ahead of the polls.
Mohammed Bolari, who was at the rally, said the explosion occurred some three minutes after Mr Jonathan's departure, AFP news agency reports.
"The president had just passed the parking lot and we were trailing behind his convoy when the explosion happened," he is quoted as saying.
Mr Jonathan addressed a rally in the north-eastern city a day after it was hit by two blasts that killed at least five people.
D president rili needs to be careful. These insurgents will stop @nothing 2 ruin his rerun bid. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
ReplyDeletewhat's all this,,did they forget buhari wl still go to d south west,east,,
ReplyDeleteDats why I say dey very stupid and callous. Buhari has been parading himself around d south and nobody has attacked him.whn reprisal attacks start I will see how dis country will contain all of us. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
DeleteThat is not the best thing for you to say if buhari come and de boob who do u tink we die
DeleteWell,,I guess GMB has finished his campaign in the south even at that d southern people are not coward to act this way
DeleteDe we never see him hmmm thank God
ReplyDeletewell,,northerners actions don't really show they want peaceful elections with their current attack on PDP entourage.....its really a big shame,,that d northern leaders n her traditional mornachs hv done so little to educate her youths on reasons y they should embrace peace n say no to violence....
ReplyDeleteThis is a senseless act....smh
ReplyDeleteDats a stupid act!
ReplyDeleteyou can't force a pig to be clean, just dey spoil naija name up n down
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