Nigerian soldiers on Saturday detonated two homemade bombs found in a camp housing people displaced by Boko Haram violence in Maiduguri, witnesses told AFP.
Two men suspected of planting the explosives were arrested and an investigation is ongoing, they said.
The bombs were found in the city's Yerwa primary school, prompting panic until soldiers destroyed the bombs from a distance.
The school was converted into a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) after Boko Haram Islamists captured the town of Bama, some 70 kilometres (43 miles) from Maiduguri, last July.
"Two improvised bombs were found in Yerwa primary school IDP camp by the people who notified soldiers stationed nearby," local vigilante Ari Butari said.
"The soldiers asked people to evacuate before shooting the bombs from a distance, triggering two explosions that didn't harm anyone," he said.
"Two men were arrested on accusation that they were involved in planting the bombs. They drew suspicion because they were not known to be living in the camp," he added.
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