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Bomb attack foiled by security agents in Maiduguri
Eagle eyed officers of the NSCDC foiled a suicide bomb attack when they intercepted two suspected Boko Haram terrorists in the troubled city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.
Confirming the incident, Mr Victor Isuku, the spokesman of the Borno Police Command, said the assailants who are now in police custody were identified to be two teenage female terrorists.
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“On Tuesday, at about 0700hrs, two female suicide bombers about 18 years-old, were sighted behind Mega filling station in Molai area, while attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri town.
“They were intercepted by security personnel on duty. One was arrested and the other one was shot dead,” he said.
Continuing, Isuku added that the police anti-bomb unit had visited the scene to secure the area and ensure safety.
“Bomb experts were quickly drafted to the scene and rendered the area safe,” he said.
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yanju omotodun
February 7, 2017 at 4:08 pm
Kudos to those officers of Civil Defence, I never knew they are that effective , I can now see reasons why they okayed them to be using guns. What a soldier can not do, civil defense had done it well.
Amarachi Okoye
February 8, 2017 at 6:01 am
Kudos to civil defense job well done
Margret Dickson
February 7, 2017 at 5:50 pm
It is good they are both about 18 years of age, they are not minors anymore. The one apprehended alive should be sentenced to death without pity. Heartless people!
Johnson Amadi
February 7, 2017 at 5:53 pm
I don’t think suicide bombers do understand what they do, especially the younger ones among them. Killing themselves because they want to kill many people in order to cause problem is not a good deed and it will never be. Only God knows how Boko Haram managed to brain wash them.
seyi jelili
February 7, 2017 at 6:11 pm
What baffles me most is that the girl wanted to risk her life just because of #200. There is extreme poverty in the North. With all their eagerness and power intoxication, they are still lagging behind. The useless Boko Haram are saying western education is bad and yet if these girls were to be educated, am sure no one would have fooled them to take #200 as a payment to commit suicide bombing. Education liberates and illumines.
JOHNSON PETER
February 7, 2017 at 6:35 pm
The only solution is divide and rule system.
Let’s the northerners stay on their own, westerners go separate then Easterners get their Biafra and that will end all these crisis in Nigeria. Boko Haram should be given their states if they wish so.