Nigeria: Suicide bombers kill nine, injure 13 others in Borno

Bomb scare residents of Plateau community
Nine persons were killed in Borno State as seven 
suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers detonated their strapped explosives at the University of Maiduguri 
(UNIMAID) and Zannari community.

All the suspected terrorists died in the explosions that occurred on Sunday at 11:00 p.m. and in the early hours 
of Monday, while 13 people were seriously injured.

The attacks were disclosed yesterday in Maiduguri at a 
press conference held by the Borno State Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu.

He said that a female suicide bomber entered the 
university premises and detonated her explosives, killing herself and injuring three security personnel. According to Chukwu, one of the injured, Becky Edubi later died while 
being treated at the University of Maiduguri Teaching 
Hospital (UMTH).

According to ERICGOSSIP, four female suicide bombers 
also infiltrated Zannari community and detonated their explosives at two residential buildings, killing eight people, and injuring 11 others. The third suspect killed 
herself by detonating an IED strapped to her body.

“The fourth female suicide bomber, identity not known,
 who was arrested also died the same night (Sunday) as a result of injuries she sustained. Yet in another development 
in the early hours of Monday, by 4:08 a.m., two female suicide bombers detonated their IEDs within the premises of the university.

“One of the suspects, detonated her explosives 
near the Entrepreneurship and Skills Acquisition Centre, 
and killed herself, without any casualties.”

Chukwu said that the other suspect detonated the 
explosives behind the Works Department complex, 
and also killed herself, with no other casualties. Chukwu said that the police Explosives Ordinance Department (EOD) and Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) were mobilised to the scenes of the blasts to restore normalcy. The bodies of the nine people killed, and those injured were evacuated to hospital for deposition and treatment.

“The police and other security agencies operating in 
the state have provided credible intelligence to the military 
to identify where these explosives are manufactured by insurgents. As I address you right now, military operations 
are ongoing in Maiduguri and its environs,” Chukwu said.

Also, there was bomb scare yesterday in Angwan Jarawa
community of Farin Gada in Jos North local government council of Plateau State.

A rumpled leather bag which caused the scare was found 
near the gate of Church of Christ In Nation (COCIN) in the area. People spread the rumour and they avoided the area 
but called the police, who quickly sent their anti-bomb 
squad to the place.

But the leather bag was discovered to contain dog feed.
The spokesman of the Police Command, Tyopev Mathias
Terna, told The Guardian that the bomb story was not 
true as it was discovered to be a mere leather bag 
containing dog feed.

Tyopev said that the anti-bomb squad snapped the 
contents of the leather bag and distributed to the 
community to assure them that the bag contained nothing 
but dog feed.

The police spokesman commended members of the
community for their vigilance, urging them to always 
report strange objects or movement to the police for investigation.