The police in Maiduguri have foiled a suicide bomb attack in Mafa/Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State.
The Police spokesperson, Isuku Victor, in a release on Monday said two female suicide bombers were sighted while attempting to infiltrate Maiduguri township from Mafa /Dikwa LGA axis.
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“They were sighted by vigilant security personnel deployed on patrol. Apparently startled by the presence of the security patrol team, and in order to avoid arrest, one of the bombers hurriedly detonated her IED vest.
“She killed herself and her partner in the process, in a nearby farmland close to NDLEA checkpoint along Maiduguri /Mafa highway, outskirt of Maiduguri township.
No other casualty was recorded but police patrol and EOD teams were mobilised to the scene and render the unexploded IED vest of the second bomber safe.
