Police Intercept Suicide Bombers In Maiduguri

Eagle-eyed policemen on Friday intercepted three suicide bombers, two females and a male, the spokesman of the Police, Victor Isuku, told reporters.

Isuku said the incident happened at 3:50am at Jiddari Polo area of the troubled town of Maiduguri.

He said, “By 3:50am today, mobile Police personnel on guard duty opposite the Federal High Court, Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri, sighted three suspected suicide bombers (two females and a male) running towards their sandbag.

“They (Police) ordered them to a halt for questioning. In the process, one of them detonated the Improvised Explosives Device strapped to her body, killing herself and one male accomplice.

“The other female survivor was arrested alive and subsequently handed over to the military for further explanation and necessary follow-up actions.”

According to him, the “police bomb disposal units also mobilised to the scene to detonate IEDs that have yet to explode on the bodies of the deceased suicide bombers.”

Isuku disclosed that there were two explosions and that “the second bang was as a result of the detonation of the remaining IEDs by Police EOD units.” He however assured that normalcy has returned to the area.