Less than 24 hours after suicide bombers in two separate attacks struck a mosque in Maiduguri and a new central mosque in Yola, three female suicide bombers have attacked two communities in Borno, on Saturday, October 24.
The incidents happened in Dala and Yazare, suburbs located some 4km away from Maiduguri, along the Biu-Maiduguri road.
According to Premium Times, the two female suicide bombers found their way into a crowded suburb of the troubled city with one of them succeeding in blowing herself up while the second was arrested and disarmed before she could trigger the explosive belt worn under her garment, security sources said.
In the report, an operative of the Civillian-JTF said: “They were two suicide bombers; one was arrested now, but the other was able to detonate the bomb.”
As soon as the bomb blast happened, Nigerians and some other media had already taken to Twitter:
Maiduguri attacked again, female bomber arrested: A female suicide bomber detonated in a…
■ Nurudeen (@Annur_Azeez) October 24, 2015
One arrest one detonation as two female suicide bombers attack Maiduguri https://t.co/Uq7e0k0WM1 pic.twitter.com/bgImJkGBiW
■ Y! Online (@YNaija) October 24, 2015
BREAKING: Again Two Female Suicide Bombers Attack N’East Maiduguri, One Arrested: https://t.co/2uXHqrbnUk
■ Skytrend News (@SkytrendNews) October 24, 2015 Another Maiduguri Mosque bombing – 6 Killed, 17 injured, To Read> https://t.co/2RJJsaiBLQ pic.twitter.com/on0Tu77RNQ
■ UCHE (@Annie_Oti) October 24, 2015
There had also been an onslaught early Friday, October 23, as Muslims gathered at a mosque to observe morning prayers in the old GRA area in Maiduguri.
The Friday explosion was said to have been carried out by a suspected lone suicide bomber whose two accomplices escaped when some vigilant members of the community challenged them on their suspicious movements.
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state and the birthplace of Boko Haram since 2002, has been the centre of the six-year-old terrorism and has been repeatedly attacked since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office.
The city is attacked almost on a weekly basis. This latest attack occurred days after at least 30 people were killed when two suicide bombers attacked a mosque in the Mulai area of the state.
Although Buhari promised to end the insurgency by December, the militants have refused to give up as they continually launch bomb attacks on cities.
The Nigerian military had given a final warning in a last statement issued recently: “This is to finally warn all Boko Haram terrorists wherever they are, to desist from all acts of terrorism, surrender themselves and face the law now. We wish to inform them that we are aware of all their hideouts, camps and enclaves.”
Source: Naij.com
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