Borno Suicide Attack: 2 Female Suspects Arrested

Two suspected female suicide bombers have been arrested in connection with the detonation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Gwoza, Borno State, LEADERSHIP learnt on Sunday.

A local government official who confirmed this to our correspondent said thirty (30) of the female suicide bombers were sent into Gwoza to detonate the IEDs at different locations within the area.

The source added that only four suicide bombers have so far detonated their lethal devices.

She explained that one of the female bombers that came from Pulka axis was responding to military interrogation at the checkpoint when she panicked and detonated the IED killing herself, the soldier and a civilian JTF member.

It was gathered that the women got into Gwoza from different locations, some from Pulka and others from the Mandara mountains.

Director-General, Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA), Dr. Barkindo Saidu had raised the alarm after the multiple suicide bomb attacks in Gwoza, that a female suicide bomber was sighted in Pulka area of the local government.