BEVERLY HILLS, January 30, (THEWILL) – The Borno State Police Command has disclosed how an attack by a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber on a mosque in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, was averted on Tuesday morning.
The command’s spokesman, Victor Isuku revealed, in a statement, that a male suicide bomber aiming to attack on a mosque at Dalori Quarters was intercepted by a member of the civilian JTF.
He stated that the suicide bomber detonated the explosive strapped on him to prevent being apprehended and in the process died alongside the youth vigilante.
The statement reads: “Today (Tuesday) at about 0522hrs, a male suicide bomber detonated IED strapped to his body near a mosque at Dalori Quarters situated along Maiduguri/ Konduga/Bama road, killing himself and a civilian JTF operative who was preventing the suicide bomber from getting close to or access the mosque where many faithful in the locality were observing their early morning prayers.
“EOD personnel of the command have since swept the scene and rendered it safe, while normalcy has returned to the area.”
Also confirming that the attack was foiled, the Head, Media and Public Relations of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Sani Datti, disclosed that two persons were killed, including the bomber.
“One Civilian JTF and a male suicide bomber lost their lives in a foiled suicide bomb attack which was targeted at a mosque during morning prayer in Dalori quarters, Maiduguri Borno State.
“The incident occurred at round 5:20 Tuesday morning 31/1/2017. Their bodies have been evacuated to the Specialist Hospital Maiduguri,” Datti said.
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