The Suicide bomber was gunned down
Soldiers in Maiduguri have shot dead a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber.
Officials said the suspect was shot dead after he was spotted
trying to creep into the same IDP camp that nearly came under attack by a
female suicide bomber who killed herself and five others on Saturday
morning.
The suicide bomber was shot dead by vigilant soldiers who opened
fire on him causing one of the two bombs around his body to go off.
Saturday and Sunday’s incidents appear to indicate that the
insurgents have made internally displaced persons, IDP, camps a major
point of target.
According to Premium Times, a top leader of the Civilian-JTF, Alhaji Dan-Batta, revealed on phone that “the
male suicide bomber was seen loitering around the back perimeter fence
of Bakassi camp at about 9 a.m. He was shot down before he could advance
closer to the camp. One of the bombs he was carrying exploded, but
another is still strapped on his body did not explode. The anti-bomb
squad operatives are trying to defuse that one”.
No other person was reported killed or injured from the explosion.
The incident did not cause any panic in the Borno capital as many residents were seen going about their daily businesses.
Sunday’s blast came as the fifth in the series of bomb attacks around Maiduguri by the Boko Haram in the last three weeks.
Since the release of 21 of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls three
weeks ago, Boko Haram insurgents have scaled up their hostility mainly
using improvised explosives.
The federal government had said it will be going into another round
of negotiations with the insurgents with a view to securing the release
of more of the girls. Despite that, the Boko Haram have continued with
their terror attacks.
Neither the military nor the police have issued any statement on Sunday’s incident at the time of filing this report.
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