Eight persons have been injured following a suicide bombing attack that occurred in the outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno State Capital.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Borno State Police Public Relations Officer, Dsp Isuku Victor.

According to the statement, the incident which occurred at about 17:38hrs on Friday was reportedly carried out by two female suicide bombers who detonated their Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) against a vehicle on a feeder road off Maiduguri/Mafa highway, close to NDLEA checkpoint.

Only the two bombers died in the explosion, while the eight others including a personnel of NDLEA sustained injuries and have been rushed to a hospital where they are responding to treatment.

Also affected by the explosion was a golf taxi with reg. no XA 479 DRZ laden with bags of charcoal, carrying two female passengers and a Tricycle.

The police, however, said the scene has since been rendered safe by its EOD team and normalcy restored to the area.