A
teenage female suicide bomber caught in Maiduguri while trying to bomb
motorists has confessed how she was deceived with N200 by Boko Haram
members.
A female suicide bomber , Amina caught today in Maiduguri
An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was
intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said she was given N200 for the mission.
She told our correspondent in Maiduguri that she was abducted two
years ago by the sect members in Madagali, Adamawa, and taken to Sambisa
forest.
“They gave us N200 each which they said we should use to buy food for ourselves.
“It took us three days to come to Maiduguri on a motorcycle. We
were directed by the sect members to detonate our explosives any where
we saw any form of gathering.
“They said if we press the button, the bomb would explode and we will automatically go to heaven.
“I was scared, so, I told them that I could not detonate any
explosive. So, they said if Zainab detonated her own, it would serve the
purpose.
“On our way to Maiduguri, we encountered the military and they
were shooting. I was very scared and the people that brought us ran
away.
“I am from Imam Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, even though I have never seen Shekau. But I hear about him in Gobarawa,” Amina said.
She said that her father, mother and younger brother, Umar, were
all killed when they tried to escape from the Boko Haram enclave where
they were held hostage.
“We came from Gobarawa along Damboa, Madagali and Algarno axis,
in a community where a lot of us were held hostage and married off by
the sect members.
“I also am married to a Boko Haram Commander known as “Amir”.
The NSCDC Commandant in Borno, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the
command had handed over the suspect to the Garrison Commander, 7
Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, “ for proper investigation’’.
The Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, Maj.- Gen.
Lucky Irabor, confirmed that the suspect was in custody of the Army,
and that she would undergo investigation.
“We are going to profile her as she would give us the lead to get to other insurgents,” Irabor said.
NAN reports that personnel of the NSCDC had earlier intercepted two
female suicide bombers, who tried to ram into motorists at the NNPC
Mega Station along Damboa Road, Maiduguri.
The Commandant of the corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, told NAN that the incident occurred at about 6.45 a.m.
“Our personnel at the NNPC station intercepted two female
suicide bombers who were targeting motorists on the long queue at the
NNPC mega petrol station at about 6.45 a.m.
“One of the bombers got scared and threw away her bomb and was
instantly arrested, while the other one began to run after people with
her explosive but luckily, she was shot on the leg by our personnel
after he chased her to a safe place,’’ Ibrahim said.
-NAN
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