Two female suicide bombers have been killed by Policemen in Borno today. Reports have it that the girls were killed when they detonated bopmbs strapped to their bodies in the outskirts of Maiduguri.
DSP Isuku Victor, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in Maiduguri, via a statement said 8 persons were injured in the incident.
“Two female suicide bombers detonated IEDs against a taxi on Maiduguri-Mafa road, close to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) checkpoint in the outskirt of Maiduguri. Only the suicide bombers died in the blast, while eight others including a staff of the NDLEA sustained injuries and are responding to treatment. The taxi with registration number XA 479 DRZ was conveying bags of charcoal and two female passengers, including a tricycle machine was also affected in the explosion,” he said.
Victor added that the police EOD had sanitised the scene while normalcy had been restored to the area. Mr Abdullahi Danbatta, the Head of Rescue Team, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said that the victims were receiving treatment at the Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri.