Photo: Army nabs female suicide bomber

Press statement from the Nigerian Army

At about 8.00am two suspected female

suicide bombers detonated themselves at

Madagali Market in Adamawa State in

which 17 people were killed and 44 others

suffered various degrees of injuries.

Similarly, the General Officer Commanding

(GOC) 7 Division, Major General Lamidi

Adeosun, has shed more light on the

suicide bombings in Maiduguri, Borno State

in which 26 people were killed while 85

others were injured on Monday morning at

a news briefing.

It should be recalled that 14 female suicide

bombers attempted to attack Maiduguri, Borno

state capital on Sunday but were repelled by

gallant troops. He revealed that tenage female

suicide bombers tried to force themselves into

Maiduguri with the intent carrying out massive

and coordinated suicide attacks using 4 different

routes into the city; Asuwari, Mulai Kura, Baderi

village Nine Damboa Road and Jameri village.

They were however intercepted by the troops.

Unfortunately 3 of them detonated their

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at various

places Monday morning killing 26 Persons and

injuring 85 others. It should be noted that out of

the 14 suicide bombers 7 were gunned down by

the troops not 10 as earlier reported while 3 of

them escaped in the ensuing confusion. Sadly,

the escaped terrorists detonated their IEDs in 2

separate locations.

One of them went to a house requesting for a

kettle of water to perform ablution but blew

herself close to a Mosque killing herself and one

person, while 13 others sustained injuries. While

the other detonated her bomb at Baderi general

area. However, one of them, Fatima Babagapchia,

was apprehended during the operation.

The GOC praised the gallantry of the troops for

being vigilant at all time. He commended the

troops courage by eliminating the suicide

bombers and arresting some of them, which he

believes have averted what would have been a

major disaster if they had gain entry into the

town. Speaking to newsmen during an interview,

the suspected suicide bomber Fatima said she

lives with her parents in Bullunkutu Abuja, in

Maiduguri before abducted with 6 other females in

Monguno town.

She admitted that being a divorced mother of a

baby girl, she was never involves in terror

activities since her abduction last year. She

further said, Boko Haram terrorists took her along

with others 5 females in a vehicle through

unknown routes before arriving the outskirt of

Maiduguri where she managed to escape and

passed the night in a nearby village.