Six people were killed Friday in a suicide bomb blast in a market in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a vigilante and a witness said.

Six people were killed Friday in a suicide bomb blast in a market in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, a vigilante and a witness said.

"We took seven dead bodies, including that of the female bomber to the hospital. Eight other people were injured and are now receiving treatment," Babakura Kolo, a vigilante, told AFP.

His account was corroborated by another witness.