Two female suicide bombers killed in Maiduguri

Two suspected female suicide bombers have died in a failed attack in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital on Sunday.

The suspects’ planned attack was thwarted at about 8:30 pm at a check point in Geleri village.

Geleri is barely five kilometers to Muna Garage, a satelite settlement in Maiduguri close to the Dikwa/Gamboru road.

According to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Victor Isuku, one of the suicide bombers detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), strapped to her body, killing herself and her accomplice whose IED vest did not explode.

“Three residents of the area were however injured. The Police EOD unit rushed to the scene to render the unexploded IED safe. The area has been secured and normalcy restored.” Isuku stated.

This recent attack is coming shortly after the military had promised that the era of insecurity, especially the Boko Haram insurgence would be a thing of the past before the end of December 2016.

The incident however shows that there are a few remnants of Boko Haram terrorists determined to carry out attacks to create panic and insecurity in some areas in the northeast that have seen relative peace in the last few months.

Counter-insurgency efforts had heightened since early 2015, with the military sacking the terrorists from communities they had seized in the heat of the over six years insurgency.