Nigeria: Security Officers Thwart Bombing Attempt By Another Female Suicide Bombers

By Longtong Ibrahim

Security personnel in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, have thwarted an attempt by another set of female suicide bombers to attack a community around University of Maiduguri in the early hours of Monday.

Information officer of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, in a statement said the incident occurred at about 4am on Monday.

According to him, no casualty was recorded except the two female suicide bombers who died and their remains were deposited at Borno state specialist hospital by NEMA and State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, emergency response teams.

Last Saturday, a similar explosion occurred at a Mosque close to Federal high court Jiddari polo, where the emergency response teams evacuated the bodies of two female suicide bombers believed to have died in the incident,while four others were injured during the attack.