Four Die in Two Foiled Attacks on Maiduguri

Police confirm attack

Two suicide bomb attacks on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, were foiled by security operatives before the break of dawn.

Confirming the incident in Maiduguri, the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the North-east Zonal Office, Mallam AbdulKadir Ibrahim, in a message said: “Two foiled suicide bomb attacks on Maiduguri. The incidents occurred at Usmanti and Kaleri area of Mafa Local Government Area of the state.

“The first attack occurred around five minutes to 12a.m on Tuesday, the suicide bomber was targeting a security outpost in the area but was noticed by the security who shot him and he got blown off.”

He said: “No casualty was involved except the male suicide bomber.”

In the second incident, Ibrahim said: “While the second one occurred yesterday during morning prayer 5:30a.m. This involved two suicide bombers one female and male, they were trying to enter a mosque while prayer was on.

“But they were spotted on time by Civilian JTF situated there. While they were being accosted, they blew the IED which killed one Civilian JTF and two suicide bombers and injuring two other people.”

The state Commissioner of Police, Damien Chukwu, confirmed that three suicide bombers were unleashed on Maiduguri by the Boko Haram in an overnight attack on the troubled town, which is the birthplace of the terrorist group.

Chukwu said the first attack was at midnight when a male suicide bomber who attempted to cause mayhem was foiled by the military in Usmanti, an outskirt of Maiduguri

He said the suicide bomber tried to sneak into the town but was picked out by the military who neutralised him.

He added that the bomb strapped on him detonated moments later.

“Early yesterday morning at about 5:30, he said two female suicide bombers attempted gaining entrance into Kaleri but were stopped at a checkpoints.

They defied the order and scale the paraphrase, but one of the two was shot with the other one escaping into the community where she detonated the explosive strapped on her.”

Chukwu said the escaped female suicide bomber claimed a casualty alongside her and caused injuries on two other persons.