
The agency also said 41 other persons were injured in the coordinated attacks that were carried out by suspected members of the Boko Haram.
A statement by the agency's spokesperson, Sani Datti, in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja said, "Following a coordinated rescue operation at scene of multiple explosions in both Nyaya and Kuje, which are satellite towns of Federal Capital Territory Abuja, so far fifteen (15) persons lost their lives and forty one (41) injured were evacuated to Nyanya, Asokoro General hospitals and National Hospital Abuja.